cheque

/ tʃɛk /

noun

1. a bill of exchange drawn on a bank by the holder of a current account; payable into a bank account, if crossed, or on demand, if uncrossed
2. the total sum of money received for contract work or a crop
3. wages

Word History and Origins

Origin of cheque¹

C18: from check , in the sense: a means of verification

Example Sentences

House buyers often pay via their solicitors, but you can also pay directly online, or by cheque or cash in many banks.

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The “infinite money glitch”, as it became known on TikTok, allowed the bank's customers to write a large cheque to themselves, deposit it and then withdraw the funds before the cheque bounced.

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The cheque was eventually returned as counterfeit but the defendant still owed the bank more than $290,000, the filing added.

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Banks in the US usually allow customers to withdraw only a small fraction of the value of a cheque before it is cleared.

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The report said the bank was investigating thousands of possible cheque fraud incidents.

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Related Words

• bill