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Tags: banking, payment instruments
Categories: Economics & Finance
A term used in the banking industry to indicate that a demand for payment (a cheque) cannot be honored because insufficient funds are available in the account on which the instrument was drawn.
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-sufficient_funds
Synonyms:
bad check, bounced cheque, returned cheque
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