26984 words

kites

7 definitions • 6 examples
1
a frame covered with cloth or plastic and joined to a long string, that you fly in the air when the weather is windy:

Examples:

to fly a kite
2
a large bird of prey (= a bird that eats other birds and small animals)
3
a light frame covered with plastic, paper, or cloth that is flown in the wind at the end of a long string, esp. for amusement:

Examples:

On windy days the kids fly their kites in the park.
4
to illegally write a cheque on one account, which does not contain enough money to pay it, and deposit it another, taking the money from the second before it is discovered that the cheque is bad:

Examples:

He was indicted for kiting checks at United Bank.
The broker was jailed for a kiting scheme.
5
to use stolen cheques:

Examples:

Anybody who knows that people are kiting cheques invoices should resign.
6
an illegal act of using cheques that have been kited to obtain money:

Examples:

The kite can go on for weeks before one of the accounts goes into overdraft when the checks are returned.
7
a cheque that has been kited

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