preliminary draft

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• draft — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 rough/early version of a written document ADJECTIVE ▪ early, first, initial, original, preliminary ▪ rough, working ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Draft — An unconventional order in writing signed by a person, usually the exporter, and addressed to the importer ordering the importer or the importer s agent to pay, on demand ( sight draft) or at a fixed future date ( time draft), the amount… …   Financial and business terms

• draft — A written order drawn by one party, called a drawer, that directs a second party (almost always a bank), called a drawee, to pay a sum of money to a third party, called the payee. For example, a check. Drafts are used with letters of credit.… …   Financial and business terms

• preliminary — pre|lim|i|na|ry1 [prıˈlımınəri US neri] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: préliminaire, from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, from Latin limen threshold ] happening before something that is more important, often in order to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• draft copy — noun any of the various versions in the development of a written work a preliminary draft the final draft of the constitution • Syn: ↑draft • Derivationally related forms: ↑draft (for: ↑draft) …   Useful english dictionary

• preliminary — 1 adjective (only before noun) happening before something that is more important, often in order to prepare for it: the preliminary rounds of the competition. | a preliminary draft (+ to): Speeches are preliminary to the real debate. 2 noun… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• draft — 1 n 1: a preliminary version of something (as a law) 2 a: a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for military service) b: the act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without his or her… …   Law dictionary

• draft — [draft, dräft] n. [ME draught, a drawing, pulling, stroke < base of OE dragan, DRAW] 1. a) a drawing or pulling, as of a vehicle or load b) the thing, quantity, or load pulled 2. a) a drawing in of a fish net …   English World dictionary

• draft — Ⅰ. draft [1] ► NOUN 1) a preliminary version of a piece of writing. 2) a plan or sketch. 3) a written order to pay a specified sum. 4) (the draft) chiefly US compulsory recruitment for military service. ► VERB …   English terms dictionary

• draft — [n1] something formulated; plan abstract, blueprint, delineation, outline, preliminary form, rough sketch, version; concepts 271,660 draft [n2] check for paying money bank draft, bill, bond, cheque, coupon, debenture, IOU, letter of credit, money …   New thesaurus

• draft — /draft / (say drahft) noun 1. Also, draught. a drawing, sketch, or design. 2. Also, draught. a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision and copying. 3. Also, draught. the act of drawing; delineation. 4. US the taking of… …