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traveler's checks

  • plural
    of traveler's check.
    traveler's check
    noun
    a check issued in any of various denominations by a bank, travel agency, etc., that is signed by the purchaser upon purchase and again, in the presence of the payee, when cashing the check or using it to pay for goods or services.

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Isaacson writes that Errol’s emerald business had become “worthless” years earlier, and that he only gave his son $2,000 in traveler’s checks when Elon Musk moved to Canada that year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2023

But other states pointed to a federal law about abandoned money orders, traveler’s checks and “similar written instruments.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2023

Even the last stronghold, American Express, had a very long line of us trying to get our traveler’s checks cashed.

From New York Times Sep. 3, 2021

“Then these must be yours,” he said, and in his hand was my money belt containing my passport, a credit card and hundreds of dollars in traveler’s checks.

From Washington Post Sep. 4, 2020

My money was running low so I decided to cash some traveler’s checks before leaving.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

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