Betekenis van cheque In het Nederlands

• 0 a printed form, used instead of money, to make payments from your bank account:

  • I wrote him a cheque for £50.

  • I don't have any cash on me, so could I pay with a/by cheque?

  • Who should I make out this cheque to? (= Whose name should I write on it?)

  • Please make your cheques payable to The Brighter Toyshop Ltd (= write this name on them).

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• 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?

  • Please make your cheque payable to S Jones.

  • 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:

  • The bank had bounced my cheque because some of the funds in the account had not cleared in time.

• 4 to exchange a cheque for cash:

  • I'm sorry, but we are not able to cash cheques.

• 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:

  • You will not be able to withdraw funds until the bank has cleared your cheque.