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RELATED WORDS : bank draft banker's draft demand draft draft animal draft beer draft board draft copy draft dodger draft evader draft horse first draft foreign draft rough draft sight draft time draft

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun draft has 11 senses

• draft(n = noun.possession) bill of exchange, order of payment - a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another; Array
is a kind of negotiable instrument
has particulars: overdraft, foreign bill, foreign draft, inland bill, redraft, trade acceptance, bank draft, banker's draft, dividend warrant, money order, postal order, acceptance, banker's acceptance, bank check, check, cheque, sight bill, sight draft, time bill, time draft

• draft(n = noun.phenomenon) draught - a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle); Array
has particulars: updraft, downdraft
is a kind of air current, current of air, wind
Derived form adjective drafty₁

• draft(n = noun.artifact) rough drawing - a preliminary sketch of a design or picture; Array
is a kind of sketch, study
Derived form verb draft₃

• draft(n = noun.food) draught, potation, tipple - a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft"
has particulars: quaff
is a kind of drink

• draft(n = noun.communication) draft copy - any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution"
is a kind of text, textual matter
Derived form verb draft₁

• draft(n = noun.attribute) draught - the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded); Array
is a kind of deepness, depth

• draft(n = noun.artifact) Array - a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace; Array
is a kind of regulator

• draft(n = noun.artifact) draught - a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft"
is a kind of dosage, dose

• draft(n = noun.act) conscription, muster, selective service - compulsory military service; Array
is a kind of militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization
has particulars: levy, levy en masse
Derived form verb draft₂

• draft(n = noun.act) draught, gulp, swig - a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp"
is a kind of deglutition, drink, swallow

• draft(n = noun.act) draught, drawing - the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling; Array
is a kind of pull, pulling

Verb draft has 3 senses

• draft(v = verb.creation) outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
is one way to compose, indite, pen, write
Derived forms noun draft₅, noun drafter₁, noun drafting₁
Sample sentence:
Did he draft his major works over a short period of time?

• draft(v = verb.competition) enlist, muster in - engage somebody to enter the army; Array
is one way to enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit
Derived forms noun draft₉, noun draftee₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• draft(v = verb.creation) blueprint, draught - make a blueprint of; Array
is one way to design, plan
Derived forms noun draft₃, noun drafting₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

draft

CD, IOU, MO, abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, acceptance, acceptance bill, adumbrate, air current, arrangement, article, attraction, autograph, bag, bang, bank acceptance, bank check, beverage, bill, bill of draft, bill of exchange, black and white, blackmail, blank check, bleed, block in, block out, blueprint, booster, booster dose, booster shot, boot, brainchild, brief, broach, brouillon, bumper, call, call for, call up, call-up, capsule, cartoon, certificate, certificate of deposit, certified check, chalk, chalk out, characterize, charcoal, charcoal drawing, chart, check, checkbook, cheque, chiaroscuro, claim, color, commandeer, commercial paper, compend, compose, composition, compulsory military service, computer printout, concoct, condensation, condensed version, conscript, conscription, conspectus, contribution, contrive, copy, copy out, crayon, crosscurrent, crosshatch, current, current of air, dash off, daub, debenture, decant, deck, delineate, delineation, demand, demand bill, demand draft, demand for, depict, design, detach, detach for service, devise, diagram, digest, displacement, document, doodle, dose, downdraft, draft call, draft off, drafted man, draftee, drafting, drag, drain, dram, draw, draw from, draw off, draw up, drawing, drayage, drench, drink, drop, dropping, drug packet, due bill, duty, ebauche, edit, edited version, edition, elevation, empty, enface, engross, engrossment, enlist, enlistee, enlistment, enroll, enrollee, enrollment, epitome, esquisse, essay, exaction, exchequer bill, exhaust, extortion, extortionate demand, extraction, fabricate, fair copy, fall wind, fashion, fiction, figure, final draft, finished version, first draft, fix, flimsy, flow of air, following wind, forge, form, formulate, frame, gargle, graph, ground plan, gulp, guzzle, hatch, haul, haulage, hauling, head, head wind, heave, heaving, heavy demand, hit, holograph, house plan, hymnal, hymnbook, ichnography, imposition, impost, impress, impressment, indent, indraft, induct, inductee, induction, inflow, inhalation, injection, inrush, inscribe, insistent demand, inspiration, instrumental score, invent, jetstream, jigger, join, jolt, katabatic wind, lap, let, let blood, let out, letter, letter of credit, levy, libation, libretto, limn, line, line drawing, list, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, lucubration, lug, lute tablature, mainlining, make, make a recension, make out, manufacture, manuscript, matter, milk, mobilization, mobilize, money order, monsoon, movement of air, music, music paper, music roll, musical notation, musical score, muster, muster in, narcotic shot, negotiable instrument, nip, nonfiction, nonnegotiable demand, notation, note, note of hand, notice, opera, opera score, opus, orchestral score, order, original, outline, overdose, overview, paint, paint a picture, pandect, paper, parchment, part, pastel, pattern, peg, pen, pen-and-ink, pencil, pencil drawing, penscript, phlebotomize, piano score, picture, picturize, piece, piece of writing, pipette, plan, play, plot, poem, popping, portion, portray, postal order, potation, potion, precis, prepare, press, printed matter, printout, production, profile, project, projection, promissory note, prospectus, pull, pulling, pulling power, pump, pump out, push the pen, put in writing, quaff, raise, raw recruit, reading matter, recense, recension, record, recruit, recruiting, recruitment, requirement, requisition, review, revise, rewrite, rookie, rough, rough copy, rough draft, rough in, rough out, rough outline, rough sketch, round, round of drinks, rubric, rush, rush order, score, scratch, screed, scribe, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, scumble, selectee, selective service, shade, shape, sheet music, short score, shortened version, shot, sight bill, sight draft, sign on, sign up, silhouette, silver-print drawing, sinkage, sinopia, sip, siphon, siphon off, skeleton, sketch, skin-popping, slurp, snifter, snort, songbook, songster, spill ink, spoil paper, spot, stencil, strain, stream, stream of air, study, submergence, submersion, suck, suck out, summon, summons, sup, superscribe, survey, swig, swill, syllabus, synopsis, tablature, table, tail wind, tap, tax, taxing, tenderfoot, text, the written word, thumbnail sketch, time bill, time draft, tint, topical outline, tot, towage, towing, trace, tracing, traction, tractive, tractive power, trade acceptance, trainee, transcribe, transcript, transcription, treasury bill, tribute, tug, tug-of-war, tugging, type, typescript, ultimatum, undercurrent, updraft, venesect, version, vignette, vocal score, voucher, warning, warrant, wet, wind, work, working drawing, write, write down, write out, writing, written music

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Writing

VB write, pen, copy, engross, write out, write out fair, transcribe, scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch, interline, stain paper, write down, sign, enface, compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate, dictate, inscribe, throw on paper, dash off, manifold, take up the pen, take pen in hand, shed ink, spill ink, dip one's pen in ink.

Compendium

N compend, compendium, abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note, excerpt, synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus, album, scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book, extracts, excerpta, cuttings, fugitive pieces, fugitive writing, spicilegium, flowers, anthology, collectanea, analecta, compilation, recapitulation, resume, review, abbreviation, abbreviature, contraction, shortening, compression, compendious, synoptic, analectic, abrege, abridged, variorum, in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words, it lies in a nutshell.

Plan

N plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep- laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation), forecast, program, programme, prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant, planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.

Money

N money, legal tender, money matters, money market, finance, accounts, funds, treasure, capital, stock, assets, wealth, supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash, mammon, dough, cabbage, money-like instruments, M, M, sum, amount, balance, balance sheet, sum total, proceeds, currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, cold cash, dollar, sterling coin, pounds shillings and pence, Ls, d, pocket, breeches pocket, purse, money in hand, cash at hand, ready money, ready cash, slug, wad wad of bills, wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough, rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink, argent comptant, bottom dollar, buzzard dollar, checks, dibs, double eagle, eagle, Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency, Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate, gold certificate, long bit, short bit, moss, nickel, pile, pin money, quarter, red cent, roanoke, rock, seawan, seawant, thousand dollars, grand, single, one-dollar bill, two- dollar bill, five-dollar bill, fiver, fin, Lincoln, ten-dollar bill, sawbuck, twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck, fifty-dollar bill, hundred-dollar bill, C-note, penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper, two-cent piece three-cent piece, half- dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel, dime, disme, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B, Anthony dollar, precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget, petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea, rouleau, wampum, good sum, round sum, lump sum, power of money, plum, lac of rupees, major coin, crown, minor coin, monetarist, monetary theory, numismatics, chrysology, numismatist, paper money, greenback, major denomination, minor denomination, money order, postal money order, Post Office order, bank note, bond, bill, bill of exchange, order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat, blueback, hundi, shinplaster, note, note of hand, promissory note, I O U, draft, check, cheque, back-dated check, negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW, remittance, credit, liability, drawer, drawee, obligor, obligee, moneyer, coiner, false money, bad money, base coin, flash note, slip, kite, fancy stocks, Bank of Elegance, argumentum ad crumenam, letter of credit, circulation, multiplier effect, inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency, deflation, stagflation, exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates, currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change, gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard, bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account, certificate of deposit, CD, $, US$, Y, A$, Federal Reserve Bank, central bank, Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Secret Service, mint, bureau of engraving, seigniorage, counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood), interest, interest rate, discount rate, monetary, pecuniary, crumenal, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical, sterling, nummary, barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives, but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that, Gelt regiert die Welt, money rules the world, money makes the world go round, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam, redet Geld so schweigt die Welt, money is the mother's milk of politics, money is the root of all evil, money isn't everything, as phony as a three-dollar bill, don't take any wooden nickels.

Credit

N credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account, letter of credit, circular note, duplicate, mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital, draft, lettre de creance, securities, creditor, lender, lessor, mortgagee, dun, usurer, credit account, line of credit, open line of credit, credit card, crediting, credited, accredited, on credit, on account, to the account of, to the credit of, a compte.

Transference

N transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.

Representation

N representation, representment, imitation, illustration, delineation, depictment, imagery, portraiture, iconography, design, designing, art, fine arts, painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, cinematography, radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy, personation, personification, impersonation, drama, picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, X-ray photo, movie film, movie, tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV, copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, represent, representing, representative, illustrative, represented, imitative, figurative, iconic, like, graphic, cinquecento quattrocento, trecento.

VB copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.

Painting

N painting, depicting, drawing, design, perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro, composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting, scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture, ornamental art, monochrome, polychrome, grisaille, pallet, palette, easel, brush, pencil, stump, black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel, paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint, varnish, priming, gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass, enamel, encaustic painting, mosaic, tapestry, photography, heliography, color photography, sun painting, graphics, computer graphics, picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas, oil painting, fresco, cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft, pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study, photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph, daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print, enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, Polaroid photo, technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length, kitcat, head, miniature, shade, silhouette, profile, landscape, seapiece, view, scene, prospect, panorama, diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit, studio, atelier, pinacotheca, painted, pictorial, graphic, picturesque, pencil, oil, in pencil, fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema.

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