Definition of Kiting

1. Verb. (present participle of kite) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kiting

1. kite [v] - See also: kite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kiting

kitesurfs
kith
kith and kin
kith and kine
kithara
kitharai
kitharas
kitharode
kitharodes
kithe
kithed
kithes
kithing
kithless
kiths
kiting (current term)
kitings
kitish
kitkaite
kitless
kitling
kitlings
kits
kits out
kitsch
kitscher
kitsches
kitschest
kitschier
kitschiest

Literary usage of Kiting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Banking by Joseph French Johnson, Howard McNayr Jefferson, Franklin Escher (1914)
"kiting.—It is surprising how many business men permit themselves to be drawn into that ... kiting consists in drawing checks between allied concerns, ..."

2. Banking, by Major B. Foster by Major Bronson Foster, Alexander Hamilton Institute (U.S.) (1917)
"The four most important of~ these are: (1) kiting, (2) not taking care of one's ... kiting.—It is surprising how many business men permit themselves to be ..."

3. Mechanics' and Engineers' Pocket-book of Tables, Rules, and Formulas by Charles Haynes Haswell (1890)
"Sand, Gravel, and Pebbles, 7 parts; Argillaceous Karth 3 parts, and Quicklime i part. Hard and quick kiting.—Sund, Gravel, and Pebbles, 8 parts; Earth, ..."

4. Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising by Charles Davies, William Guy Peck (1865)
"If. whilst the gent-kiting circle of the cycloid roll» along the line AM, в If a Une PP" be drawn parallel to the ku» and ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"If you find from the evidence that the check in controversy was one of a series of kiting checks, and that the plaintiff knew, or ought to have known, ..."

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