cheque
IPA: tʃˈɛk
noun
- (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Malaysia) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
adjective
- Obsolete form of chequy. [(heraldry) Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.]
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Examples of "cheque" in Sentences
- The cheque is found to be genuine.
- He also introduced the cheque to Denmark.
- The money was in the form of a bank cheque.
- It was the title paying cheque to the government.
- I just confirmed the words and the bank then honoured the cheque.
- This instruction was the forerunner to the modern banknote or cheque.
- A crossed cheque does not effect the negotiability of the instrument.
- A 'crossed cheque' can only be paid into a bank account of the payee.
- Will keep you informed if the cheque is a rubber one! lol! giagia says:
- The Collector then abandoned the attempt, and declined to take the cheque.
- The cheque with the Keneficks name is visible and also the Moorewatch website.
- What we've always made clear we have difficulty with, is what we describe as cheque book diplomacy.
- • The English word cheque comes from the Arabic ṣakk, which refers to a written note of credit used by Muslim merchants
- IF (a very big if) people such as Juan received a cheque from the Fed to cover these extra costs the IVA would be a great idea.
- He went on to say that fraudsters will sometimes place money in a cardholder's account, then purchase something like ... a plane ticket, and then it turns out that the cheque is returned NSF and VISA is out the money.
- A person may, of course, hold a cheque for a much longer period than the time above mentioned and present it and receive payment, but the point that we are trying to make clear is that _the risk of holding it_ during this period _is the holder's and not the risk of the maker of the cheque_.