Cheque
[tʃek]
Definition
(n.) See Check.
Typed by Aldo
Definition
n. a money order on a banker payable at demand.—ns. Cheque′-book a book containing cheque forms given by a bank to its customers; Cheq′uer Check′er a chess-board: alternation of colours as on a chess-board: (pl.) draughts: chess-men.—v.t. to mark in squares of different colours: to variegate: interrupt.—adjs. Cheq′uered Check′ered variegated like a chess-board: varying in character.—ns. Cheq′uer-work any pattern having alternating squares of different colours; Blank′-cheque a cheque signed by the owner but without having the amount to be drawn indicated; Cross′-cheque an ordinary cheque with two transverse lines drawn across it which have the effect of making it payable only through a banker.
Typist: Oliver
Examples
- Come, come, I'll write you a cheque,' said the little man; and down he sat at the table for that purpose. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then suppose you try, ma'am,' said Bounderby, laying an envelope with a cheque in it in her little basket. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I'll bear in mind the amount in this cheque, Mr. Betteredge, when the occasion comes round for remembering it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I tossed the cheque across the table to him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Before presenting the cheque, I asked Sergeant Cuff if he had any remark to make. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Shall I draw a cheque, or will you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We say (and with perfect truth) I wish I had Miss MacWhirter's signature to a cheque for five thousand pounds. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Give me a cheque, sir, said the Captain very surlily. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I've shown my gratitude to Sedley; and he's tried it of late, sir, as my cheque-book can show. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Read my letter to him, and then place in his hands the cheque which I enclose. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Nonsense, nonsense, rejoined Wellington, writing me a cheque. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I wonder what sort of a cheque I shall have at Waxy's. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She took out her cheque-book to see if her balance was larger than she remembered, but found she had erred in the other direction. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I can always tell by my cheque-book afterwards, when I get a visit from Bareacres. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Unhappily there is more, much more, which the unrelenting pecuniary pressure of Mr. Blake's cheque obliges me to tell. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When they were signed, he gave Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite two cheques. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The threads in postage envelopes and in bankers' cheques, are introduced by this process of plating two surfaces together. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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