cheque

UK /t͡ʃɛk/ US /t͡ʃɛk/

noun 1adj 1

Definitions

noun

A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity.

I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.

They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.

adj

Obsolete form of chequy.

George PARK of FULFORDLIES, descended of the Family of Parkswells, carries Or, a Fesse Cheque, Gules and Argent; between Three Bucks Heads cabossed, all within a Border of the 2d; Motto, Providentia me committo.

Arms. Argent, a chevron cheque, gules, and of the field, between three bugle horns, sable , garnished of the second, plate 40.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

large

blank

bad, dud, forged

crossed, post-dated, signed

personal

giro, pay, traveller's

VERB + CHEQUE

issue, make out, sign, write (out), write sb

I'll write you a cheque for the repairs once the work is finished.

draw

She drew a cheque to pay for the car repairs last week.

make payable

Please make the cheque payable to the local school charity when you donate.

give sb, hand sb, hand over

deposit, pay in

He paid in a cheque from his employer at the bank this morning.

pay by

cash

My father asked me to cash his cheque at the post office yesterday afternoon.

Most shops don't accept cheques anymore because everyone uses card payments now.

clear, honour, pass

The bank will honour your cheque as soon as the funds arrive in your account.

bounce

cancel, stop

endorse

CHEQUE + VERB

bounce

His rent payment cheque bounced because he forgot to deposit his paycheck first.

CHEQUE + NOUN

account

(guarantee) card

She wrote a cheque but forgot to bring her guarantee card to the shop.

book, stub

PREP

~ for

I received a cheque for my car insurance claim last Tuesday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a written order directing a bank to pay money

check

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.

Wiktionary

They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.

Wiktionary

1999, Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean, 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126, Sometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three fi

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Arms. Argent, a chevron cheque, gules, and of the field, between three bugle horns, sable , garnished of the second, plate 40.

Wiktionary

Parted per pale gules and or, a lion rampant intercharged inter 3 fleurs de lys. 2. A saltire cheque gules and or inter 3 escallop shells gules. 2 Argent, within a bordure azure, semé de fleur de lis

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cheque is marked as obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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