单词 | dishonour |
释义 | dishonour dishonour (AmE spelling dishonor) /; AmE / verb [+ obj]
1 (used about a bank) to refuse to pay a cheque, usually because there is not enough money in the account: If the account is overdrawn, the cheques are automatically dishonoured. The bank admitted the cheques had been wrongly dishonoured. SYN BOUNCE
2 (Finance ) to fail to accept a bill of exchange or fail to pay it after accepting it
3 to fail to keep an agreement or promise that you have made: The union claims the firm dishonoured an agreement to improve working conditions.
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