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A back-formation from withdrawal, as if draw +‎ -al.

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drawal (countable and uncountable, plural drawals)

  1. (especially India) The act of drawing upon; a withdrawal.
    • 2003 August, Sona Kapila, editor, [] Money, Banking, and Finance[1], volume 44, Academic Foundation, →ISBN, page 138:
      Nothing contained in Rule 4 or Rule 5 shall apply to drawal made out of funds held in Exchange Earners' Foreign Company [EEFC] accounts of the remitter.
    • 2005, Nab Kishore Behura, Ramesh P. Mohanty, Aged in Changing Social System: Their Problems[2], Discovery Publishing House, →ISBN, page 113:
      This would ensure easy drawal of pension from any nearest bank and hence, the aged would get relieved from the painstaking and difficult task of coming over to treasuries physically every month for drawal of their pension or arrears.
    • 2015 February 16, Bharath Seeman, Bank Exam Pedia Dec 2014[3], R.A.C.E Institute, page 81:
      Limit to be fixed on the basis of operational land holding, cropping pattern, and scale of finance. Each drawal to be repaid within a maximum period of 12 months.

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