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  • 11draw — /drɔ:/ verb 1. to take money away ● to draw money out of an account ♦ to draw a salary to have a salary paid by the company ● The chairman does not draw a salary. 2. to write a cheque ● He paid the invoice with a cheque drawn on an Egyptian bank …

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  • 12draw — [c]/drɔ / (say draw) verb (drew /dru / (say drooh), drawn, drawing) –verb (t) 1. (sometimes followed by along, away, in, out …

  • 13draw off — verb 1. remove by drawing or pulling (Freq. 1) She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese • Syn: ↑draw away, ↑pull off • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑ …

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  • 14draw — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (esp. BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ goalless, scoreless ▪ one all, three three, etc. ▪ creditable, honorable ▪ …

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  • 15Blank cheque — This article is about the metaphor. For other uses, see Blank cheque (disambiguation). A blank cheque (blank check, carte blanche), in the literal sense, is a cheque that has no numerical value written in, but is already signed. In the figurative …

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  • 16cross a cheque — british phrase to draw two lines across a cheque to show that it can be paid only into the bank account of the person whose name is on it Thesaurus: cheques and using chequeshyponym Main entry: cross …

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  • 17cross a cheque — British to draw two lines across a cheque to show that it can be paid only into the bank account of the person whose name is on it …

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  • 18Winning Streak — To learn about the American game show of the same name, see Winning Streak (US game show). For sports winning streaks, check out Winning streak (sports) Infobox Television show name = Winning Streak caption = genre = Game show creator = writer =… …

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  • 19Cash Bonanza — infobox television show name = Cash Bonanza show name 2 = caption = format = Gameshow runtime = Approx 60 minutes (including commercials) creator = presenter = Larry Emdur country = Australia network = Channel Nine first aired = 2001 last aired …

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  • 20cross — securities transaction in which the same broker acts as agent for both sides of the trade; a legal practice only if the broker first offers the securities publicly at a price higher than the bid. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The transaction was …

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