stop payment

noun

: a depositor's order to a bank to refuse to honor a specified check drawn by him or her

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The representative for eXp said that the company revised its revenue-sharing policies earlier this year and can stop payments to agents whose contracts were terminated. —

Debra Kamin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023 That is because under Pennsylvania law the drawer of a check can stop payment on it. —

Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 17 July 2023 Federal agencies also could resist attempts to slow or stop payments, citing a 1974 law that bars the executive branch from substituting its own spending priorities for decisions by Congress. —

Jeff Stein, Rachel Siegel and Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2023 Meanwhile, one of the film’s producers is being told to stop payment to a key participant who’s involved in a fraud case. —

Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for stop payment