cheque
noun/tʃek/
/tʃek/
(British English) (US English check)
- a printed form that you can write on and sign as a way of paying for something instead of using money
- Can I write you a cheque?
- Shall I make the cheque out to you?
- to cash a cheque (= to get or give money for a cheque)
- cheque for… a cheque for £50
- by cheque to pay by cheque
- We no longer accept payment by cheque.
Collocations FinanceFinanceIncomesee also blank cheque, certified cheque, pay cheque, thirteenth cheque, traveller’s cheque- earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune/the minimum wage/a living wage
- make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
- acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
- build up funds/savings
- get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
- live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
- get/receive/draw/collect a pension
- depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
- spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
- invest/put your savings in…
- throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
- lose your money/inheritance/pension
- use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
- pay (in) cash
- use/pay by a credit/debit/contactless card
- pay by/make out a/write somebody a/accept a (British English) cheque/(US English) check
- change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
- have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
- credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
- deposit money/funds in your account
- withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
- (formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
- find/go to/use (especially North American English) an ATM/(British English) a cash machine/dispenser
- be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
- use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
- manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
- plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
- offer/extend credit (to somebody)
- arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
- pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
- pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
- get into debt/financial difficulties
- be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
- run out of/owe money
- face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
- can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
- fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
- incur/run up/accumulate debts
- tackle/reduce/settle your debts
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb1, Moneyb1- Cheques should be made payable to Toyland plc.
- Does the restaurant accept cheques?
- He bounced three cheques last month.
- He drew a large cheque on his company's account.
- He was fired for passing bad cheques.
- I need to go to the bank to pay this cheque in.
- I'll cash a cheque at the bank.
- She deposited the cheque in her husband's account.
- The cheque will bounce if your salary doesn't reach your account today.
- They presented a cheque for $500 000 to the Red Cross.
- a cheque for ten pounds
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- fat
- large
- …
- issue
- make out
- sign
- …
- bounce
- clear
- account
- card
- guarantee card
- …
- cheque for
Word Originearly 18th cent. (originally denoting a counterfoil, or a form with a counterfoil): variant of check ‘to examine something for accuracy’, in the sense ‘device for checking the amount of an item’.Want to learn more?
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