open cheque

British

noun

an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank

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open cheque

"I feel like I'm writing an open cheque," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024

Scotland's inaugural first minister Donald Dewar feared compensating people infected by contaminated blood could result in an "open cheque book".

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2022

There were several packets by post, and an open cheque from the Home Secretary.

From My Lord Duke by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

So this morning I looked in at my bank and told them exactly what to do if any open cheque were presented with two little dots underneath my signature.

From Jacob's Ladder by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

If you have no other way of obtaining money, will you try to get an open cheque from your father?

From The Grell Mystery by Frank Froest

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