0 a printed form, used instead of money, to make payments from your bank account:
1 check
2 a printed form that you can write an amount of money on and sign in order to make a payment from your bank account:
write (sb) a cheque (for sth) I wrote him a cheque for £50.
make out a cheque to sb Who should I make out this cheque to?
pay by cheque It is becoming increasingly unusual for people to pay by cheque.
accept/take cheques From next year this store will no longer take cheques.
stop a cheque If you suspect fraud, contact your bank and ask them to stop the cheque and ensure that it is not paid.
3 if a cheque bounces, or is bounced, the bank refuses to pay it because there is not enough money in the account:
5 if a cheque clears, or a bank clears it, money is made available because it has been successfully paid from one account to another:
It usually takes four to five working days for a cheque to clear.
Please find enclosed a cheque in settlement of your invoice.
I made a cheque out for £20 to 'Henry's Supermarket'.
When she got her first salary cheque, she indulged in an orgy of spending.
Here a middle-class business man is figured as country gentry and the fox is the culprit for the crime of theft (birds, cheques).
No institutional cheques can be accepted for special discounted individual or member rates; personal cheque or credit card only.
The most common item that relatives reported as stolen was clothing (49 cases) followed by money, credit cards and cheques (27).
