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bad check

bad check noun: a check/cheque written against a bank account with insufficient funds to pay the bearer the amount of the check.

Noun

bad check (plural bad checks)

  1. A check/cheque written against a bank account with insufficient funds to pay the bearer the amount of the check.
    • I'm here for five years for writing a $30 bad check. The judge was prejudice ^([sic]) because he knew I was gay.1982 August 28, Norman L. Rice, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 19

Synonyms of bad check

Forms of bad check

pluralbad checks

Questions about bad check

What does bad check mean?
Bad check means a check/cheque written against a bank account with insufficient funds to pay the bearer the amount of the check.
What part of speech is bad check?
Bad check is a noun.
What is the plural of bad check?
The plural of bad check is bad checks.

Words near bad check in the dictionary

  1. bad breath
  2. bad breaths
  3. bad business
  4. Bad Cannstatt
  5. bad cess
  6. bad check
  7. bad checks
  8. bad cholesterol
  9. bad cholesterols
  10. bad comes to worse
  11. bad comes to worst

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