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chequebook

British

/ ˈtʃɛkˌbʊk /

noun

a book containing detachable blank cheques and issued by a bank or building society to holders of cheque accounts

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Example Sentences

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Five minutes later, a marketing guy comes running up with a chequebook.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

Found in the suspects' possession were firearms, sets of US dollar bills, the president's personal chequebook and the server that held surveillance camera footage from his home, Le Nouvelliste newspaper reported.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2021

Should United lose then expect to see Woodward reach for the chequebook, even if United’s record with panic buys has been atrocious in recent years.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2020

That is why the chancellor opened his chequebook, that’s why we are spending the money on doing lots of things to mitigate those assumptions.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2019

“You still keep a chequebook in the glove box?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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