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cheques

/t͡ʃɛks/

cheques is the plural of cheque.

Meaning of cheque

Noun

cheque (plural cheques)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) 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.
  2. (Canada) A bill to be paid, particularly in a restaurant.
    • I summoned the waiter, paid the cheque, and hurried to leave.

Phrases with cheques

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Words that rhyme with cheques

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Questions about cheques

What is cheques the plural of?
Cheques is the plural of cheque.
How do you pronounce cheques?
Cheques is pronounced /t͡ʃɛks/.

Words near cheques in the dictionary

  1. Chequers agreement
  2. Chequers plan
  3. chequerwise
  4. chequerwork
  5. chequerworks
  6. cheques
  7. chequewriter
  8. chequewriters
  9. chequey
  10. chequi
  11. Chequiam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheques (page history and authors); cheque (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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