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dishonored check; bounced bill
The failure of a check or promissory note to be paid because the account lacks sufficient funds, so the bill is returned unpaid.
小切手が不渡りになった。
The check bounced.
手形が不渡りになると会社の信用は落ちる。
When a bill is dishonored, a company's credit suffers.
二回不渡りを出すと、銀行との取引が停止される。
If a company dishonors bills twice, its bank transactions are suspended.
Formed from 渡る (to pass; to hand over) with the negative prefix 不: a check or 手形 that is not honored because the account lacks funds.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 不渡りになる: to bounce; to be dishonored
- 不渡りを出す: to issue a check that bounces
- 不渡り手形: a dishonored bill
USAGE:
In Japan, a business that records two dishonored bills within six months is effectively shut out of bank financing, so 不渡り is treated as a serious warning sign.