cheque
Britishnoun
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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
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the total sum of money received for contract work or a crop
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wages
Etymology
Origin of cheque
C18: from check , in the sense: a means of verification
Example Sentences
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Hoecker says cutting jobs also signals to stock market investors worried about the "real and huge" cost of AI development that executives are not blithely writing blank cheques.
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In court documents, Ottawa does not weigh in on the merits of Bill 21, but argues the clause cannot be used as a blank cheque.
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"We were told it's not real debt, or it's just the price of a coffee, or you won't even notice it leaving your pay cheque," she said.
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He cashed one of the cheques and, the papers claim, said he would return the following day to cash the second in order to "avoid all the paperwork".
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"Obtaining a residence permit in the European Union is not a blank cheque," Magnus Brunner, the Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, told the European Parliament as Spain's initiative was being discussed.
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