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Preauth is an abbreviation for preauthorization, which is a hold put on your funds by a business at which you used your debit card. The preauthorization will hold the funds until the purchase comes through your account, generally a few days later. Once the purchase is debited from the account, the preauthorization will drop off of the account.
