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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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Pescator says "there's been an open chequebook" at Paramount, which paid a premium for Champions League rights at more than £1bn across four years.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025

Increasingly Taipei relied on its chequebook to hold on to a dwindling list of allies, mainly in the form of aid and investment.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2023

Guardiola can be an alchemist of a coach and an inventive tactician, but he is familiar with the accusation he has become a chequebook manager.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2021

That is why the chancellor opened his chequebook, that’s why we are spending the money on doing lots of things to mitigate those assumptions.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2019

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

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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