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canceled check

American  

noun

  1. a check that has been redeemed by a bank and then usually returned to the issuer.


Example Sentences

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One wall displays a framed, canceled check that Marilyn Monroe wrote for an order of chili.

From Los Angeles Times

“You know, there is three things: Yesterday is a canceled check. Today is cash. And tomorrow is a promissory note. Let us forget about the canceled checks, let us talk of the cash and the promissory notes.”

From Washington Times

Dozens of the expenditures listed in the reports, including seven his campaign made at Il Bacco in the 2022 cycle, are in increments of $199.99, the maximum amount committees can spend without keeping a receipt, invoice or canceled check.

From Washington Post

The FEC requires candidates to provide a receipt, invoice or canceled check for personal campaign reimbursements of $200 or more.

From Salon

Among those materials are the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, military and immigration records and even the canceled check for the purchase of Alaska.

From Salon