cheque

[tʃek]

Definition:
1. A written order directing a bank to pay money.
2. Withdraw money by writing a check.
3. A printed form that you can write on and sign as a way of paying for something instead of using money.

Use 'cheque' in a sentence:

1. Allow time for the cheque to clear.
2. Use recorded delivery for large cheques or money orders.
3. May I pay by cheque?
4. Where can I change my traveller's cheques?
5. The bank had no mandate to honour the cheque.
6. We only exchange notes and traveller's cheques.
7. Write your name on the back of the cheque.
8. Dolores, please come in and countersign a cheque.
9. Payments can be made by cheque or in cash.
10. We went straight to the estate agent and wrote out a cheque.
11. The bank will cash your cheque.
12. Clearance of this cheque could take a week.
13. Someone had forged her signature on the cheque.
14. At long last the cheque arrived.
15. He gave me a nice fat cheque.
16. You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly; those are the two alternatives.
17. Remittance can be made by cheque or credit card.
18. The cheque was made out for sixty pounds.
19. They paid in that cheque a couple of days ago, and drew out around two thousand in cash.
20. He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque.
21. I have every cheque stub we've written since 1959.
22. Only the manager has the authority to sign cheques.
23. The bank cashed his cheque.
24. I'd like to withdraw 1000 dollars from my savings account and put it in my cheque account.
25. He was, in a sense, given a blank cheque to negotiate the new South Africa.
26. Will you accept a cheque?
27. There are similar charges if you want to cash a cheque at a branch other than your own.
28. Send the coupon with a cheque for £18.50, made payable to "Good Housekeeping"
29. A cheque presented by Mr Jackson was returned by the bank.
30. 1% commission is charged for cashing traveller's cheques.
31. He wrote them a cheque for £10,000.
32. I'd like to pay by cheque.
33. Make sure you've signed the cheque before sealing the envelope.
34. Is it OK if I post the cheque to you next week?
35. Please find enclosed a cheque for £ 100.
36. How did you come by that cheque?
37. Part of my pay cheque went towards buying a CD player.
38. Banks can still take two or three weeks to clear a cheque.
39. The cheque is in the post.
40. There are similar charges if you want to cash a cheque or withdraw money at a branch other than your own.
41. I paid the cheque into my savings account.
42. We are not prepared to write a blank cheque for companies that have run into trouble.
43. We only have his word for it that the cheque is in the post.
44. Your cheque is in the mail.
45. Leave your cheque book and credit cards at home unless you know you will need them.
46. I'll stamp the company name on your cheque.
47. Remember that when the carrier arrives, you must be able to pay the charges with cash or a certified cheque.
48. There was a long, pregnant silence, which Mrs. Madrigal punctuated by reaching for the cheque.
49. You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly: those are the two alternatives.
50. Send a cheque for £18.99 plus £2 for postage and packing.
51. You can cash cheques here by prior arrangement with the bank.
52. Our only complaint would be if the cheque bounced.
53. I'd like to cash this cheque in, please.
54. I enclose herewith a cheque for 20 pounds.
55. Is it OK if I post you the cheque next week?
56. Your cheque must have got lost in the post.
57. He attached a cheque to the order form.
58. Staff photocopied the cheque before cashing it.
59. He signed cheques with careless abandon.
60. Please be patient – your cheque will arrive.
61. Cheques usually take three working days to clear.
62. Polish banks can still take two or three weeks to clear a cheque.
63. The cheque was drawn on his personal account.