INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

  

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INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

Specialty Definition: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

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Finance

The situation in which the drawer's deposit balance is less than the amount of the drawer's check presented for payment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

English words defined with "INSUFFICIENT FUNDS": bad check, bad cheque. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

AuthorDateQuotation

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1957)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

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Minorities

Ukraine

The Crimean Government, pleading insufficient funds, did not assent to requests from the Crimean Tatar community for assistance in reestablishing its cultural heritage through Tatar language publications and educational institutions. (references)

Political Rights

Indonesia

The numerous technical problems, due to inadequate preparations and ambiguities in the regulations, included inadequate supplies of ballots and reporting forms, poor training of poll workers, confusion over procedures, and insufficient funds to pay poll workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

insufficient funds

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

Language Translations for "INSUFFICIENT FUNDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

ontoereikende dekking. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

riittämätön kate. (various references)

   

French

  

provision insuffisante. (various references)

   

German

  

Deckung unzulänglich. (various references)

   

Italian

  

copertura insufficiente. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

insufficientay undsfay

   

Portuguese

  

provisão insuficiente. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

otillräcklig täckning. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

Misspellings

"INSUFFICIENT FUNDS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: insufficent funds. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-f-f-f-i-i-i-n-n-n-s-s-t-u-u"

-5 letters: insufficient.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Historic
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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