Cheque Tʃek Write Make Pay I Noun Bre

• a cheque for £50
• to write a cheque
• to make a cheque out to somebody
• to pay by cheque

cheque

1. a printed form that you can write on and sign as a way of paying for something instead of using money
• see also blank cheque
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• a cheque for £50
• to write a cheque
• to make a cheque out to somebody
• to pay by cheque
• to cash a cheque (= to get or give money for a cheque)

Extra Examples

• Can I write you a cheque?
• Cheques must be supported by a cheque guarantee card.
• Cheques should be made payable to Toyland plc.
• Does the restaurant accept cheques?
• He bounced three cheques last month.
• He drew a large cheque on his company’s account.
• He was fired for passing bad cheques.
• I need to go to the bank to pay this cheque in.
• I’ll cash a cheque at the bank.
• Shall I make the cheque out to you?
• She deposited the cheque in her husband’s account.
• The cheque will bounce if your salary doesn’t reach your account today.
• They presented a cheque for $500 000 to the Red Cross.
• a cheque for ten pounds

Word Origin

• early 18th cent. (originally denoting a counterfoil, or a form with a counterfoil): variant of check ‘to examine something for accuracy’, in the sense ‘device for checking the amount of an item’.