cheque

• George PARK of FULFORDLIES, descended of the Family of Parkswells, carries Or, a Fesse Cheque, Gules and Argent; between Three Bucks Heads cabossed, all within a Border of the 2d; Motto, Providentia me committo. - 1722,...
• Arms. Argent, a chevron cheque, gules, and of the field, between three bugle horns, sable , garnished of the second, plate 40. - 1779, Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull, The Peerage of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and...
• Parted per pale gules and or, a lion rampant intercharged inter 3 fleurs de lys. 2. A saltire cheque gules and or inter 3 escallop shells gules. 2 Argent, within a bordure azure, semé de fleur de lis or, parted per...

• 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...
• 1999, Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean, 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126, Sometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque...

Synonyms: bank cheque