check
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2.1
- noun
- /tʃɛk/
- US
:
cheque
- Take the check to my daughter, and help her with the paperwork and tax stuff.
- write a check
- sign a check
- deposit a check
You get, he says, write a check right now to UNICEF.
- You get, he says, write a check right now to UNICEF.
- And so topics like stimulus check, what's the government doing?
- Big ups to him and the royalty check coming six months later.
- There are there's an address to send a check to PayPal.
- I said it's a cashier's check written from your bank.
- So people generally paid by cash or by check or by credit card.
- So I gave Stanley the check and he ran off with it.
- Bill Gates wrote a check which wiped out malaria.
- Hands me, hands a bunch of checks and I take the checks.
- Wake up in the morning, sign them, checks OK.
- And you said that I've got more checks in my DM than Nike.
Examples
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Finally, accounts payable cut a check, which was mailed to the employee.
Academic text (1996) -
I wrote a check for my landlady to pay the rent this month.
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So people generally paid by cash or by check or by credit card.
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I still pay all my bills by check and mail them.
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I can write you a check if you prefer?
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She'll get a Social Security check here the middle of April.
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I'll send you a check.
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I want to know whether my generous check is really going to make a difference.
Academic text (1994) -
I was so furious that I forgot to cash my check at the bank.
Fiction book (1993) -
The mayor's stopping by to pick up a check.
Synonyms
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4.6
A check a bank writes and promises to pay the person who receives it
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2.8
A written order that tells a bank to pay money from a person's account
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5.8
A written order telling a bank to pay money to someone
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4.8
A paper note bought at a post office that lets a named person collect money
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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
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5.7
A cheque that a bank promises to pay to the person named
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2.8
A written note telling a bank to pay a certain amount of money to a person or company
Formal paper that tells a bank to pay a named person or company a set amount of money
A paper payment that a bank issues and pays from its own money
Antonyms
Idioms
To stop and think before you say or do something that causes trouble
Compounds
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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
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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
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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 Liquid
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun check for a bank payment comes from old practices of checking money and accounts, so the written order to pay became called a check. So a check shows the bank to pay a stated sum to someone.