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With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?'
Brooklyn Decker

Meaning of "cheque" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHEQUE

From check, in the sense: a means of verification.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHEQUE

cheque  [tʃɛk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHEQUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cheque is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHEQUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cheque

Cheque

A cheque is a document that orders a payment of money from a bank account. The person writing the cheque, the drawer, has a transaction banking account where their money is held. The drawer writes the various details including the monetary amount, date, and a payee on the cheque, and signs it, ordering their bank, known as the drawee, to pay that person or company the amount of money stated. Cheques are a type of bill of exchange and were developed as a way to make payments without the need to carry large amounts of money. While paper money evolved from promissory notes, another form of negotiable instrument, similar to cheques in that they were originally a written order to pay the given amount to whoever had it in their possession. Technically, a cheque is a negotiable instrument instructing a financial institution to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specified transactional account held in the drawer's name with that institution. Both the drawer and payee may be natural persons or legal entities. Specifically, cheques are order instruments, and are not in general payable simply to the bearer but must be paid to the payee.

Definition of cheque in the English dictionary

The definition of cheque in the dictionary is a bill of exchange drawn on a bank by the holder of a current account; payable into a bank account, if crossed, or on demand, if uncrossed. Other definition of cheque is the total sum of money received for contract work or a crop.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHEQUE


aircheck
ˈɛəˌtʃɛk
backcheck
ˈbækˌtʃɛk
bodycheck
ˈbɒdɪˌtʃɛk
check
tʃɛk
countercheck
ˈkaʊntəˌtʃɛk
crosscheck
ˌkrɒsˈtʃɛk
Czech
tʃɛk
Drnovsek
dɜːˈnɒvʃɛk
eurocheque
ˈjʊərəʊˌtʃɛk
forecheck
ˈfɔːˌtʃɛk
namecheck
ˈneɪmˌtʃɛk
precheck
priːˈtʃɛk
recheck
riːˈtʃɛk
sech
ʃɛk
uncheck
ʌnˈtʃɛk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHEQUE

chenopod
chenopodiaceous
cheongsam
Cheops
Chephren
Chepstow
cheque account
cheque card
cheque guarantee card
cheque stub
chequebook
chequebook journalism
chequer
chequerboard
chequered
chequered flag
chequers
chequerwise
chequerwork
chequing account

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHEQUE

banker´s cheque
bearer cheque
blank cheque
butterfat cheque
cinematheque
crossed cheque
discotheque
open cheque
pay cheque
rubber cheque
the butterfat cheque
traveller´s cheque
videotheque
wool cheque

Synonyms and antonyms of cheque in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cheque» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHEQUE

Find out the translation of cheque to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cheque from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cheque» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

支票
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cheque
570 millions of speakers

English

cheque
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जाँच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شِيك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чек
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cheque
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চেক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chèque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Semak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scheck
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小切手
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수표
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

mrikso
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

séc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரிபார்க்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तपासा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kontrol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assegno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чек
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cec
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιταγή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

check
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

check
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sjekk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cheque

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEQUE»

The term «cheque» is very widely used and occupies the 13.950 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEQUE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cheque» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cheque» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cheque

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10 QUOTES WITH «CHEQUE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cheque.
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Frank Abagnale
The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.
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Andre Benjamin
Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting art in their albums any more.
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Brooklyn Decker
With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?'
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Junot Diaz
Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family.
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Chuck Feeney
I want the last cheque I write to bounce.
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Tibor Fischer
One of my proudest achievements is that when an authoritative book about Hungarian literature came out about a decade ago, there was a little article about me which said I was a Hungarian writer but pretending not to be. Bearing in mind I can hardly write a cheque in Hungarian, I was delighted to be included in the pantheon of Hungarian writers.
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Jack Gleeson
I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that's how I feel.
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Glenda Jackson
I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.
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Julie Klausner
I've tried open-ended jobs and found myself incredibly unhappy. I don't like the monomania of showing up every day and doing the same thing. I don't know where my next cheque is coming from, I don't know where my next job is coming from, I have really sketchy health insurance, but I need variety in my life.
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Arjun Rampal
I like my films to have a certain amount of realism - something that's thought provoking and intelligently written. More than the amount on the pay cheque, I look for a level of respectability as an actor.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHEQUE»

Discover the use of cheque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cheque and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Business Law
Section 25 provides that a contract arising out of the drawing of or an endorsement of a cheque is incomplete and revocable until delivery of the cheque (that is, to the payee, endorsee or bearer as applicable). Section 26 provides that the ...
Peter Gillies, 2004
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Cheques: Building for Joint Ventures (Second edition)
The use of cheques and other banking instruments in Hong Kong and the law which applies to them are described.
Derek Roebuck, 1991
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Business Regulatory Framework
are used merely as a matter of custom, and have no special meaning with regard to the cheque. (2) Not Negotiable: If the words 'Not Negotiable' are written on the face of the cheque it does not mean that the cheque is no longer transferable.
Dr. Ashok Sharma
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The Old Cheque-book: Or Book of Remembrance, of the Chapel ...
Williams, Clark of the Cheque. 1708. Mr. John Howell, Gen? of her Maj. Chappell Royall, dyed the 15th of July 1708, and by vertue of a warrant from the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London, Dean of her Majesties Chappell, Mr. Bernard ...
St. James's Palace. Chapel Royal, Edward Francis Rimbault, 1872
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Modern Accountancy For Xi & Xii
(vi) The drawer must put his signature on a cheque. The signature must tally with the specimen signature supplied to the bank at the time of opening the account. ( viii) A cheque is written in favour of a definite person. In a Bearer cheque, given ...
Ganga Dhar Pandey, 2002
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The Manual of Dental Assisting
This is a cheque marked 'Pay Cash'. This form of cheque is not desirable in dental practice since the cheque can be cashed if stolen. It is generally only used to draw wages and in that instance, the bank must be authorised by the drawer to  ...
Leah Vern Barnett, 2004
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The Blank Cheque: Scriptures and Insightful Thoughts for the ...
Scriptures and Insightful Thoughts for the Seekers of Abundance 'Yinka Ayobolu. This concept could be supported by the fact that when Lucifer and his supporters were cast down from heaven after losing the battle, nations and kingdoms of ...
'Yinka Ayobolu, 2010
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Dud Cheque
Riccardo Maffey. were in England. They could go to Ipswich. Her mum, her boring, thick mum, would put them up for a while. But what were they going to do if neither of them found any jobs before they ran out of the payout he could get from ...
Riccardo Maffey, 2005
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Banking in the New Millennium
not restricted and such ownership could be transferred by means of an endorsement and delivery. It only makes it easier for the true owner to recover his or her loss from any subsequent possessor of the cheque, should the cheque be lost or ...
A. Pampallis, Amelia Van Der Merwe, L. Mdluli, 1999
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Fresh Perspectives: Commercial Law 2
A bank cheque is an order by the bank, to itself, to pay a sum of money. Buying uncut diamonds is illegal in South Africa. If she suspects that the cheque is stolen , for example. A bill is overdue, if it has been in circulation for an unreasonably ...
Avinash Govindjee, Dave Holness, Avinash Govindjee, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHEQUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cheque is used in the context of the following news items.
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Barclays expands cheque imaging service
In 2013 analyst Forrester estimated that US bank Redstone Credit Union saved $3.60 (90%) of the cost of processing each cheque by enabling ... «ComputerWeekly.com, Jul 15»
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Sack minister in cheque bounce case: BJP
On Tuesday, the BJP moved an adjournment motion notice in the legislative assembly seeking his resignation in an alleged cheque bounce ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Charges of $1.42 million cheque fraud for former Zip Plumbing …
Charges of $1.42 million cheque fraud for former Zip Plumbing ... was dismissed had signing authority over the company's cheque accounts. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Where the cheque is drawn by the MD of a Company on his …
The cheque was drawn by the respondent in his individual capacity and not in the capacity as a Director of M/s. Salvi Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. or ... «Live Law, Jul 15»
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Cheque this out - potato supplier donates £4000 to local charities
Staff at Branston, based at Seavington near Ilminster, presented a £3,500 cheque to Phil Edge, the chief executive officer of Brainwave towards ... «This is The West Country, Jul 15»
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Bay Street's 'blank-cheque companies' should elicit caution
Four months into Canada's experiment with “blank-cheque companies,” the results seem wildly encouraging. With three deals already sold, ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
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Shaftesbury artist Gary Cook presents cheque to WWF
Gary travelled to the home of WWF-UK, The Living Planet Centre in Woking and presented a cheque to director of fundraising Kerry Blackstock. «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Jul 15»
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Sesame's parents promise £45m cheque to cover liabilities
Aviva and Friends Life have offered Sesame a combined £45m to cover adviser liabilities, a spokesperson for the group confirmed to FTAdviser ... «FT Adviser, Jul 15»
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Goldman's advice on Mail: the cheque's in the post
Having twice been on the ticket to place shares in Royal Mail for the government, Goldman Sachs was talking up the postal company yesterday ... «The Times, Jul 15»
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Cheque-mate: How biggest player in personal cheques market …
"It's long been predicted that cheque usage will decline," Duncan Hannay, president of the company's Canadian division, said in an interview. «The Province, Jul 15»

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