Development and Draft

noun

• Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining.
  • usage: "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"
• A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage. )
  • usage: "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
  • synonyms: evolution
• Biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level. (
  • usage: "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
  • synonyms: growth, growing, maturation, ontogeny, ontogenesis
• A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.
  • usage: "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development"
• The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.
  • usage: "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"
  • synonyms: exploitation
• A district that has been developed to serve some purpose.
  • usage: "such land is practical for small park developments"
• A state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess. )
  • usage: "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"; "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen"
• Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible.
  • usage: "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
  • synonyms: developing
• Music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated. (.

• (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
• (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
• (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing or a developed state.
• (n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
• (n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.

Normally refers to a) improving a product or producing new types of products; or b) in real estate, process of placing improvements on or to a parcel of land.

noun

• A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another.
  • synonyms: bill of exchange, order of payment
• A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle.
  • synonyms: draught
• A preliminary sketch of a design or picture.
  • synonyms: rough drawing
• A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg.
  • usage: "they served beer on draft"
  • synonyms: draught, potation, tipple
• Any of the various versions in the development of a written work.
  • usage: "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution"
  • synonyms: draft copy
• The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded.
  • synonyms: draught
• A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace.
• A dose of liquid medicine.
  • usage: "he took a sleeping draft"
  • synonyms: draught
• Compulsory military service.
  • synonyms: conscription, muster, selective service
• A large and hurried swallow.
  • usage: "he finished it at a single gulp"
  • synonyms: gulp, draught, swig
• The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling.
  • synonyms: draught, drawing

verb

• Draw up an outline or sketch for something.
  • usage: "draft a speech"
  • synonyms: outline
• Engage somebody to enter the army.
  • synonyms: enlist, muster in
• Make a blueprint of.
  • synonyms: blueprint, draught

• (v.t.) To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
• (v.t.) To draw the outline of; to delineate.
• (a.) Pertaining to or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.
• (v.t.) To draw from a military band or post or from any district, company or society; to detach; to select.
• (v.t.) To transfer by draft.
• (a.) Relating to or characterized by, a draft or current of air. Same as Draught.

(DoD) The conscription of qualified citizens in military service. See also active duty; Military Service.
(DoD) The depth of water that a vessel requires to float freely; the depth of a vessel from the water line to the keel. See also watercraft.

draft is a written order drawn by one party, called a drawer, that directs a second party (almost always a bank), called a drawee, to pay a sum of money to a third party, called the payee. For example, a check. Drafts are used with letters of credit. Drafts may be sight drafts, payable upon receipt, or time drafts, payable on some specified future date.