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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Make recommendations to Congress, but don't stop payments.
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Feb. 2025
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
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Feb. 2025
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
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“Stop payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20payment. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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