Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stop payment

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables: stop -pay-ment
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An official request made by a bank account holder to their financial institution instructing them to cancel a check or automatic debit before it is processed.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

stop payments (plural)

Questions

What does stop payment mean?: An official request made by a bank account holder to their financial institution instructing them to cancel a check or automatic debit before it is processed.

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