Redraft

Redraft
Redraft Re*draft", n. 1. A second draft or copy. [1913 Webster]

2. (Com.) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • redraft — re‧draft [ˌriːˈdrɑːft ǁ ˈdræft] verb [transitive] LAW to make changes to a letter, report, agreement etc: • We will need to redraft the contract. * * * redraft UK US /ˌriːˈdrɑːft/ US  /ˌriːˈdræft/ verb [T] ► to write a document, an agreement, etc …   Financial and business terms

  • Redraft — Re*draft (r[=e]*dr[.a]ft ), v. t. To draft or draw anew. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • redraft — index edit, redact Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • redraft — [rē′draft΄, rē′dräft΄; ] for v. [ rē draft′, rē′dräft′] n. 1. a second or later draft or framing, as of a legislative bill 2. a new draft on the original drawer or endorser of a protested bill of exchange, for the amount of the bill plus charges… …   English World dictionary

  • redraft — [[t]ri͟ːdrɑ͟ːft, dræ̱ft[/t]] redrafts, redrafting, redrafted VERB If you redraft something you have written, you write it again in order to improve it or change it. [V n] Parliament plans to redraft the law on privatisation... [V n] The speech… …   English dictionary

  • redraft — UK [ˌriːˈdrɑːft] / US [ˌrɪˈdræft] verb [transitive] Word forms redraft : present tense I/you/we/they redraft he/she/it redrafts present participle redrafting past tense redrafted past participle redrafted to write something again in order to make …   English dictionary

  • redraft — v.t. /ree draft , drahft /, n. 1. a second draft or drawing. 2. Finance. a draft on the drawer or endorsers of a protested bill of exchange for the amount of the bill plus the costs and charges. [1675 85; RE + DRAFT] * * * …   Universalium

  • redraft — 1. verb To draft again 2. noun A second or subsequent draft …   Wiktionary

  • redraft — re|draft [ ,ri dræft ] verb transitive to write something again in order to make some changes …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • redraft — re·draft || ‚rɪː dræft / drɑːft v. rewrite, rephrase; reformulate, recompose …   English contemporary dictionary

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