to check
32
1.8
- verb
- /tʃɛk/
- US
:
librar un cheque
- Between November... ...of 1992... ...and March... ...of 1993... ...he wrote one check out to cash from each account.
you know, modeling in Excel and writing checks, you know, signing documents.
- you know, modeling in Excel and writing checks, you know, signing documents.
- You fund it, you write checks, you put money, resources, you hold folks to account.
- And it has an ability to move people to write a check or to change their life or to get baptized.
- They filed the case in the same exact venue where Fox ran, wrote out the check for.
- If you have a problem and you can cut a check for that problem, then you no longer have that problem.
- And you know, then they cut you a check hopefully, and you then destroy your screenplay.
- And I do it at the end of the, the end of the situation, somebody says, can you write a, a check to help us?
- So what I find the most successful people will do is when they want to go faster, they'll write a check.
- Now you're going to be fair, you're going to be fair and you're just going to come in and write me a check.
- He and his wife, Elon Musk have a myopic focus on that and he wants to be able to write a check for it.
- Granted, not to feel like no damn check, that crackhead took me in practice writing checks and signing the person name.
Examples
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If you have a problem and you can cut a check for that problem, then you no longer have that problem.
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And I do it at the end of the, the end of the situation, somebody says, can you write a, a check to help us?
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Is your disability benefits check less than what you believe it should be?
Blog text (31) -
And you know, the thing they can't do that I can do is they cannot write a check the day they look at the deal.
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If you like to cut a check, call Carl at carl.com.
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Returning to Mrs. Gutierrez, I inquire politely, "Did Dr. Eberhardt send you that check?"
Fiction book (1994) -
She had to check the amount on the rent check before handing it to her landlord.
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At the end of the month, I will check my bank account to make sure I can write a check for the bills.
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He decided to check if he had enough money to cover the check he planned to write.
Idioms
To stop and think before you say or do something that causes trouble
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
30
4.0
A system that stops one person or group having too much power by sharing control
25
2.5
Registering your arrival at a hotel, airport, or event by giving your name and documents
- Specialized
13
3.5
A check from an account without enough money that the bank does not pay
- Specialized
12
4.6
A check a bank writes and promises to pay the person who receives it
- Archaic
7
3.6
Paper you can use like money abroad that you cash at a bank or shop by showing your ID
5
3.5
A monthly payment from the government or insurance for someone who cannot work because of a disability
- Archaic
2
6.8
A woman who takes coats or umbrellas at an entrance and gives a ticket to get them back
- US
1
3.7
A signed piece of paper from a bank with the amount left empty for someone to fill
1
3.5
A book or list where you record checks and deposits to track your bank account
- Specialized
1
6.8
A simple math check that finds errors in files on drives or during transfer
- US
1
2.8
A written note telling a bank to pay a certain amount of money to a person or company
1
4.1
A cheque from a bank that you can cash right away and is safer than a personal cheque
1
3.5
A government check that Medicare sends to an older person to pay medical costs
- Specialized
1
5.5
A way to find mistakes in data by adding extra information when sending or saving it
- Specialized
1
5.8
A way to find errors in digital data by checking whether the number of ones is even or odd
- Specialized
Money a bank lets you use when a check makes your account go below zero
- Specialized
An extra binary digit added to data to find errors in transmission or storage
- Specialized
An extra digit or letter added to the end of a code to find reading errors
- Specialized
A blank check the bank gives you to get money when your personal checks are not available
- Jargon
A check on the opponent's king that happens when one piece moves and opens an attack by another piece
- Specialized
A way to find errors in data by checking whether the number of ones is odd or even
- Specialized
A quick push with a hockey stick that knocks the puck away from an opponent
How Negotiable
- Formal
- US
32
1.8
- Specialized
6
7.0
- Specialized
50
3.3
- Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Check meaning a paper payment grew from old practices of recording and controlling money, and the paper order to pay became known as a check. So a check is the paper you give to pay someone from your account.