draft

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
  2. noun a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
  3. noun a preliminary sketch of a design or picture

Etymology

A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.

In classic literature

Synonyms

bill of exchange, order of payment

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