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cheque (c̸hek)

noun

Brit. check ()

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cheque Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • enclose: Please find enclosed a check made payable to Dorset Scope for the sum of £ 500.00.

Preposition: on

  • behalf: Item 9.5 of the constitution was amended to the effect that three people are authorized to sign checks on behalf of the club.

Adjective modifier

  • post-dated: He showed the court seven post-dated checks signed by Nyimpine Chissano, which he claimed were the guarantees for the loan.

Modifies a noun

  • guarantee: We accept payment by cash or check with a check guarantee card.

Noun used with modifier

  • traveler: Check out what is best - travelers checks, sterling, dollars or local currency.

Possessives

  • traveler: Traveler's checks will be made out in the Students name.

Preposition: in

  • sterling: Don't forget to include your check in pounds sterling ( GBP ).

Preposition: for

  • meticais: When the time came for repayment, one of Satar's sisters, Rachida, gave Apolinario a check for 500 million meticais.
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cheque quotes

This is the Night Mail crossing the border Bringing the cheque and the postal order.

-Auden,W(ystan) H(ugh)

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

-Pound, Ezra Loomis

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