cheque (AmE spelling check) // noun [C]

BANK-CERTIFIED CHEQUE, BANK CHEQUE, BANKER'S CHEQUE, BLANK CHEQUE, CASHIER'S CHEQUE, CERTIFIED CHEQUE, DIVIDEND CHEQUE, GIRO CHEQUE, OPEN CHEQUE, PAY CHEQUE, RUBBER CHEQUE, STALE CHEQUE, TRAVELLER'S CHEQUE, UNCROSSED CHEQUE

(Finance )

a printed form that you can write on and sign as a way of paying for sth instead of using money:

a cheque for£100

Will you take a cheque (= can I pay by cheque)?

Who shall I make the cheque out to (= what name shall I write on it)?

Cheques should be made payable to Toyland plc.

He drew a large cheque on his company's account.

to cash a cheque (= to get or give money for a cheque)

I am afraid your cheque bounced (= was not paid by your bank because there was not enough money in your account).

❖ to pay (for) sth by cheque

◆ to draw/issue/make out/sign/write sb/write (out) a cheque

◆ to deposit/pay in a cheque

◆ to accept/clear/honour/take a cheque

◆ to bounce/cancel/stop a cheque

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