certified check
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈsɜːrtɪfaɪd tʃɛk/
- Specialized
:
cheque certificado
- You'll be gettin' a certified check tomorrow.
- get a certified check
Examples
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It may take another day or so to submit documentation, obtain a certified check, and put in an application.
Blog text (14) -
To secure the auction item, you must provide a certified check as proof of funds.
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Make it a certified check.
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Now, as I understand it, there is a certified cheque with my name on it.
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Within an hour, he signed a release for a certified cheque of 1,000 dollars.
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You're gonna get a certified check.
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A certified check for... $5,000?
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We get a certified check by noon tomorrow, or a sheriff will escort you out of here.
Fiction book (1994) -
All it takes is a $100,000 certified check to register for your chance to buy the stunningly elegant spread.
Blog text (15) -
The landlord required a certified check to ensure that the rent payment would not bounce.
Synonyms
12
4.6
A check a bank writes and promises to pay the person who receives it
1
4.1
A cheque from a bank that you can cash right away and is safer than a personal cheque
How Secure
- Specialized
12
4.6
- Specialized
3
4.2
- US
14
2.8
- US
9
2.8
6
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a check guaranteed by a bank' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'certified' (officially recognized/guaranteed) with 'check' (a bank payment order). This compositional noun phrase follows regular English modifier + noun patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun certified check comes from a bank practice of marking a check as certified after the bank checked the writer's account and set the money aside. That mark told the seller the payment was 'guaranteed', so today the phrase means a check the bank promises will be paid.