checkbook
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- noun
- /ˈtʃɛkbʊk/
- US
- He opened his checkbook to write a check for the monthly rent payment.
- balance a checkbook
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I'm going to withhold my checkbook from this marriage.
- And I'm going to withhold my checkbook from this marriage.
- That means no more checkbooks and no more bank lines.
- I'd rather you know how to do this than balance your checkbook.
- You know, it's, it's like the fulfillment you get from balancing A checkbook or knowing your credit's good.
- I mean, just the time is flying by time to get the checkbook out.
- I can't tell you what sectors, I can't tell you what countries, but I can tell you that I've got a substantial checkbook and I'm buying.
- I think that, you know, how to balance a checkbook, how to, how to budget, how to save.
- I used to get on a plane and come out here to Silicon Valley with a checkbook in my pocket.
- And there's no way doing art therapy and, you know, teaching them how to, you know, balance a checkbook is going to somehow reverse that.
- I found a tiny white checkbook so short it had no page numbers and it was not very well edited.
- And because he was a guy who could just mesmerize, you'd all have your checkbooks if, if he were in the room, he'd be raising a hell of a lot of money.
- They're opening up their checkbooks and they're taking risks to create the reusable rocket that has dropped the cost of space travel.
- So they created open storage cabinets that they didn't have to remember where their checkbook was or where the plates and and cups were sort of creative strategies too.
- I'm really good at balancing my budget and my checkbook, and even when I.
- And we were now paying our staff on our egg, credit card, chequebooks.
Examples
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Elizabeth paid their bills and balanced the checkbook, and they made decisions about investments together.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sonny brings his checkbook, and we settle it right there.
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And it's kind of hard to balance your checkbook and drive your car.
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I was looking for the checkbook this morning, and this is what I found.
Fiction book (2000) -
Um, let me get my checkbook.
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I thought I told you to balance my checkbook.
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I found his old checkbook.
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Have you got your checkbook handy, Mr. Cross?
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Caspar has turned his attention to a checkbook that lies on the table in front of him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then she watched as Jill reached into her purse and produced a checkbook and a pen.
Fiction book (1996)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Checkbook is a straightforward compound of check, meaning 'a written order to a bank', and book, meaning 'a small book'. So a checkbook is literally a book that holds many checks and helps you record payments.