chequebook

British

/ ˈtʃɛkˌbʊk /

noun

a book containing detachable blank cheques and issued by a bank or building society to holders of cheque accounts

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"Nobody opens a chequebook when you receive an MND diagnosis - you need money to get by, and so does your family."

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024

Found in the suspects' possession were firearms, sets of US dollar bills, the president's personal chequebook and the server that held surveillance camera footage from his home, Le Nouvelliste newspaper reported.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2021

Daphne had gone back inside to get the chequebook.

From Reuters • Apr. 17, 2018

In the national interest, the Queen has over the years had to toast a steady supply of dictators, sheikhs and wealthy leaders with an open chequebook.

From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2017

“You still keep a chequebook in the glove box?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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