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bad checks

bad checks is the plural of bad check.

Meaning of bad 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

Questions about bad checks

What is bad checks the plural of?
Bad checks is the plural of bad check.

Words near bad checks in the dictionary

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

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