cheque
[chek]
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At the head of the stairs Linda took the cheque that she carried and tore it into bits.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
I found the cheque I wrote you when I got home this afternoon.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
She opened it and without any preliminaries handed it and the cheque to the banker.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
Endorse this cheque 'Jane Meredith' and make it payable to me personally.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
He looked at the cheque speculatively, and then laid it aside and read the letter.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
cheque
US check
- a bill of exchange drawn on a bank by the holder of a current account; payable into a bank account, if crossed, or on demand, if uncrossed
- Australian and NZ the total sum of money received for contract work or a crop
- Australian and NZ wages
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Word Origin
C18: from check, in the sense: a means of verification
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Word Origin and History for cheque
n.
see check.
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