open cheque
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"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
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
And there was an open cheque, signed by Cardlestone for ten thousand pounds, and another, with Elphick's name at the foot, also open, for half that amount.
From The Middle Temple Murder by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
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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