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
Stanislava	stah-nee-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Barth	[ba:θ]
Maaike	-	Dutch
Partha	-	Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Assamese
Sieghild	-	German
BrÍGh	BREE	Irish