cheque
/t͡ʃɛk/
cheque noun: a written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity. Also the obsolete form of chequy.
Noun
cheque (plural cheques)
- A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity.
- I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.
- They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, published 1920, page 62
- A bill to be paid, particularly in a restaurant.
- I summoned the waiter, paid the cheque, and hurried to leave.
Also used as
cheque is also the obsolete form of chequy.
cheque meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cheque in Hindi
- a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity
- हुंडी huṇḍī, चेक cek
cheque in Tamil
- a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity
- காசோலை kācōlai, செக்கு cekku
cheque in Marathi
- a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity
- चेक cek
cheque in Urdu
- a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity
- چیک cek
More languagesFewer languages
- cheque in Bengali
- চেক cek
- cheque in Telugu
- చెక్కు cekku
- cheque in Gujarati
- ચેક cek
- cheque in Pashto
- چک čak
- cheque in Tagalog
- tseke, tsek
- cheque in Arabic
- شِيك šēk
- cheque in Malay
- cek
- cheque in Indonesian
- cek
- cheque in Thai
- เช็ค chék
- cheque in Vietnamese
- séc, chi phiếu
- cheque in Myanmar
- ချက် hkyak
Examples of cheque in a sentence
- A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.
- I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
- This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.
Forms of cheque
| plural | cheques |
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Origin of cheque
From check, possibly influenced by exchequer. First attested in the 1790s.
Words formed from cheque
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Questions about cheque
- What does cheque mean?
- Cheque means a written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity.
- What is cheque in Hindi?
- Cheque in Hindi is हुंडी (huṇḍī), चेक (cek). See Cheque meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cheque?
- Cheque is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cheque?
- Cheque is pronounced /t͡ʃɛk/.
- What is the plural of cheque?
- The plural of cheque is cheques.
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