canceled check

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noun

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

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So I wrote them a letter, including copies of the canceled checks.
Gene Weingarten: I somehow owed D.C. $24,000. But not so fast!|Gene Weingarten|December 10, 2020|Washington Post
In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers|Stereo Williams|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We try to avoid going away for too long, so we can check back in.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She came to sound check, that was the first time we ever performed it, and it was really cool.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

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Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From the History of ‘Purple Rain’|Jennie Yabroff|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
While the desk sergeant ran a background check, he was roughed up by another officer in the lock-up.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Very well," said the other, handing him a check for twenty-five dollars as a retainer, and straightway left the office.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The new Government to preserve public order and check all reprisals against the Spaniards.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
But in the organization in which we live over-production tends to check itself at once.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Am I to check the number of rounds in the limbers; on the beaches and in transit during a battle?
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Scarcely were they bandaged when the news arrived that Augereau's division had received a severe check.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison