checkbook

American  

[chek-book] / ˈtʃɛkˌbʊk /

noun

• checkbooks
  plural

1. a book containing blank checks or orders on a bank.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• checkbooks
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of checkbook

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; check ¹ + book

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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For example, someone who owes a contractor $2,000 might reach for their checkbook if they don’t have that much cash and want to avoid a credit-card fee.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Gould dealt with the legal question by going to Albany with a checkbook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

He will rely on recently disclosed Microsoft emails from January 2018 to demonstrate that the tech giant only opened its checkbook once a profit appeared possible.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Open the checkbook and hire the best special teams coach available.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

Rain had a checkbook, but I never saw her touch it.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

One imagines irritated Michigan Wolverines burning checkbooks and disavowing money-market accounts as they drink their spritzes at Ann Arbor tailgates—but inside Columbus, this is like getting to sponsor religion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

It did it with patience, port contracts and checkbooks, while Americans were busy elsewhere.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026

On paper, Greene has a lot going for her a Trump’s heir apparent, and she likely will get checkbooks flinging open.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025

On top of the table her purse flopped open and from its mouth spilled curling checkbooks, loose cash, half a muffin in a napkin and bottles of Chinese herbs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025

And he was savvy enough to understand that the more attention he got from the news media, the easier it would be to coax corporations to open their checkbooks.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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