stop payment

Instruct a bank not to honor a check one has drawn, as in If that check was lost, we'll have to stop payment on it before issuing another. This usage was first recorded in 1722.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mandica	-	Croatian
Azucena	ah-thoo-THE-nah (Spanish), ah-soo-SE-nah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Tanika	tə-NEE-kə	African American
Vjeko	VYE-ko	Croatian
Herry	-	Medieval English
Hyacinth (2)	HIE-ə-sinth	English (Rare)