Question

what is meant by draft

Answer 1

1.a preliminary version of a piece of writing.

2.a written order to pay a specified sum.

3.compulsory recruitment for military service.

Answer 2

Shipping: (1) Vertical distance between a ship's waterline and the lowest point of its keel. (2) Depth of water to which a ship sinks according to its load. Maximum draft (also called 'deep load draft') occurs when the ship sinks to its Plimsoll line. Practically all ships have parallel horizontal lines drawn on both sides of front (bow) and back (stern) to mark each foot of draft. Also spelled as draught.

Trading: Bill of exchange which is a written payment order from one party(the drawer) to another (the drawee) to pay a stated sum to a third party (the payee) either immediately (in case of a sight draft) or on or before a specified date (in case of a time draft).

When presented with shipping and/or title documents, it is called a documentary draft; without them, a clean draft. Also called draft bill of exchange.

USAGE EXAMPLES

The ships captain was very concerned about the draft when he realized that the material they were loading was extremely heavy.The draft was miscalculated by the engineers and so the large oil tanker was taking on water and the captain was sending out destress signalsWhen a ship is going to make a long journey it needs to be sure that it can handle its load and there won't be to big of a draft.