draft
♦ draft /dr'ɑːft, dr'æft/ (drafts drafting drafted)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A draft is an early version of a letter, book, or speech.
I rewrote his rough draft, which was published under my name...
I faxed a first draft of this article to him.
2 [VERB] V n
When you draft a letter, book, or speech, you write the first version of it.
He drafted a standard letter to the editors...
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed into n
If you are drafted, you are ordered to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time. (mainly AM)
During the Second World War, he was drafted into the US Army...
= conscript
4 [VERB] be V-ed in/into n, V n in/into n
If people are drafted into a place, they are moved there to do a particular job.
Extra police have been drafted into the town after the violence...
The manager will make a special plea to draft the player into his squad as a replacement.
5 [N-SING] the N
The draft is the practice of ordering people to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time. (mainly AM)
...his effort to avoid the draft.
= conscription
6 [N-COUNT] oft by N
A draft is a written order for payment of money by a bank, especially from one bank to another.
Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket.
7
see also draughtbank draft (bank drafts)
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A bank draft is a cheque which you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal cheque.
Payments should be made by credit card or bank draft in U.S. dollars.bank|er's draft (banker's drafts)
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A banker's draft is the same as a bank draft.
You pay for the car by banker's draft in the local currency.draft dodg|er (draft dodgers)
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A draft dodger is someone who avoids joining the armed forces when normally they would have to join. (mainly AM)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A draft is an early version of a letter, book, or speech.
I rewrote his rough draft, which was published under my name...
I faxed a first draft of this article to him.
2 [VERB] V n
When you draft a letter, book, or speech, you write the first version of it.
He drafted a standard letter to the editors...
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed into n
If you are drafted, you are ordered to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time. (mainly AM)
During the Second World War, he was drafted into the US Army...
= conscript
4 [VERB] be V-ed in/into n, V n in/into n
If people are drafted into a place, they are moved there to do a particular job.
Extra police have been drafted into the town after the violence...
The manager will make a special plea to draft the player into his squad as a replacement.
5 [N-SING] the N
The draft is the practice of ordering people to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time. (mainly AM)
...his effort to avoid the draft.
= conscription
6 [N-COUNT] oft by N
A draft is a written order for payment of money by a bank, especially from one bank to another.
Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket.
7
see also draughtbank draft (bank drafts)
[N-COUNT]
A bank draft is a cheque which you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal cheque.
Payments should be made by credit card or bank draft in U.S. dollars.bank|er's draft (banker's drafts)
[N-COUNT]
A banker's draft is the same as a bank draft.
You pay for the car by banker's draft in the local currency.draft dodg|er (draft dodgers)
[N-COUNT]
A draft dodger is someone who avoids joining the armed forces when normally they would have to join. (mainly AM)