Draft

Definition - Transitive Verb
1  : to select for some purpose
specif
: to conscript for military service
2  : to compose or prepare esp. the preliminary version of <~ing legislation>
: to practice draftsmanship

Definition - Noun
1  : a preliminary version of something (as a law)
2 a  : a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for military service)
b  : the act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without his or her expressed consent
3  : an order for the payment of money drawn by one person or bank on another
see also drawee drawer
compare check

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