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uncleared effects

 
 
noun [plural] BANKING

Definition

cheques, etc. that a customer has put into their bank account but for which their bank has not yet received payment from the banks of the people who wrote them: The bank expressly reserved the right to postpone payment of cheques drawn against uncleared effects.
(Definition of uncleared effects noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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