bank check
1
2.8
- noun
- /bæŋk tʃɛk/
- US
:
cheque
Examples
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Signature on a bank check.
Academic text (2004) -
I'll sign you a bank check," Raymond said.
Fiction book (1998) -
The kind of package you opened carefully, lest it contain something other than new bank checks or the latest offering from the Fruit-of-the-Month Club.
Fiction book (1998) -
I paid for the new car with a bank check issued by my local branch.
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He handed me a bank check for the total amount of the repairs.
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After selling my old furniture, I received a bank check in the mail for five hundred dollars.
Synonyms
387
2.1
A written paper that tells a bank to pay money to someone
12
4.6
A check a bank writes and promises to pay the person who receives it
9
2.8
A written order that tells a bank to pay money from a person's account
7
3.6
Paper you can use like money abroad that you cash at a bank or shop by showing your ID
3
4.2
A check the bank promises will have enough money to pay someone
1
4.3
A written order from a bank to pay a person or company
1
5.7
A cheque that a bank promises to pay to the person named
1
4.1
A cheque from a bank that you can cash right away and is safer than a personal cheque
A blank check the bank gives you to get money when your personal checks are not available
A paper payment that a bank issues and pays from its own money
How Guaranteed
- UK
1
5.7
- Specialized
3
4.2
- US
1
2.8
- US
9
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'bank check' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bank' (financial institution) with 'check' (a paper order to pay); it refers to a check issued by or drawn on a bank. This noun + noun compounding is a common, compositional pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Bank check comes from the idea of a written 'check' or 'order' given to a bank to pay someone. Imagine a small paper that names who should get the money and how much, and the bank follows the 'order', so the phrase means a written paper that makes the bank pay.