stop payment
noun
: a depositor's order to a bank to refuse to honor a specified check drawn by him or her
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That is because under Pennsylvania law the drawer of a check can stop payment on it.
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Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 17 July 2023
Federal agencies also could resist attempts to slow or stop payments, citing a 1974 law that bars the executive branch from substituting its own spending priorities for decisions by Congress.
—Jeff Stein, Rachel Siegel and Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2023
Meanwhile, one of the film’s producers is being told to stop payment to a key participant who’s involved in a fraud case.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2022
Gascón, Moore and Harris pointed to a 2015 decision by the three credit card companies to stop payment processing for Backpage.com.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
After realizing this was probably a scam, the resident was able to stop payment on the check.
—cleveland, 19 Nov. 2021
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, here’s what Apple did to stop payment and credit card fraud: Financial information and transactions are some of the most sensitive data that users share online.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 11 May 2021
The banks were able to stop payment on some of the checks but ultimately lost $57,650, prosecutors said.
—oregonlive, 3 May 2021
Of everything that’s undermining this season, from a defense that couldn’t stop payment on a check to not-so-special teams to coaches failing players and players calling out coaches, the news from the front is worse.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 22 Oct. 2020
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Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 17 July 2023
Federal agencies also could resist attempts to slow or stop payments, citing a 1974 law that bars the executive branch from substituting its own spending priorities for decisions by Congress.
—Jeff Stein, Rachel Siegel and Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2023
Meanwhile, one of the film’s producers is being told to stop payment to a key participant who’s involved in a fraud case.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2022
Gascón, Moore and Harris pointed to a 2015 decision by the three credit card companies to stop payment processing for Backpage.com.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
After realizing this was probably a scam, the resident was able to stop payment on the check.
—cleveland, 19 Nov. 2021
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, here’s what Apple did to stop payment and credit card fraud: Financial information and transactions are some of the most sensitive data that users share online.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 11 May 2021
The banks were able to stop payment on some of the checks but ultimately lost $57,650, prosecutors said.
—oregonlive, 3 May 2021
Of everything that’s undermining this season, from a defense that couldn’t stop payment on a check to not-so-special teams to coaches failing players and players calling out coaches, the news from the front is worse.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 22 Oct. 2020
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circa 1919, in the meaning defined above
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stop payment
noun
: a depositor's order to a bank to refuse to honor a specified check drawn by him or her
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