cheque

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See also: chequé and chèque

English

A crossed cheque (see top left corner), in this case payable only to a bank account

Alternative forms

Etymology

A variant of check influenced in spelling by exchequer.

Pronunciation

Noun

cheque (plural cheques)

  1. (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Malaysia) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
    I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.
    • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, published 1920, page 62:
      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.
    • 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 number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or cheques paid into the account.
    • 2007, Eric Tyson, Tony Martin, Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies‎:
      You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.
    • 2009, R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, page 206,
      The daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.

Derived terms

Descendants

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Adjective

cheque (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of chequy.
    • 1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 335:
      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.
    • 1779, Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull, The Peerage of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 137:
      Arms. Argent, a chevron cheque, gules, and of the field, between three bugle horns, sable , garnished of the second, plate 40.
    • 1797, Thomas Langley, The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough, and Deanery of Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire: Including the Borough Towns of Wycombe and Marlow, and Sixteen Parishes, page 442:
      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 chevron ermine […]
    • 1820, John Chambers, A General History of Worcester, page 148:
      ... : several escutcheons of arms are dispersed about her, and her kirtle, or inward drapery thus blazoned; Or. a fret gules, and others on her mantle, Or. cheque, gules, and azure, a talbot is couchant at her feet.

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Asturian

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

  1. cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheque, from Middle English chek, borrowed from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques, diminutive chequeje n)

  1. check, cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)
  2. voucher, used to pay a stated amount for a specific purpose.

Derived terms

- vouchers

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Sranan Tongo: tyèk
    • → Caribbean Javanese: tyèg

Galician

Etymology

From English cheque.

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

  1. cheque, blank cheque

Derived terms

Middle English

Noun

cheque

  1. Alternative form of chek

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

 
 

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cheque, from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ksayati (“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tke- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). Doublet of xeque and xaque.

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

  1. cheque

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cheque

  1. inflection of checar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeke/
  • Rhymes: -eke
  • Syllabification: che‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cheque. Doublet of jaque.

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

  1. cheque, blank cheque
Derived terms

Adverb

cheque

  1. (Honduras) well, fine, okay

Etymology 2

Verb

cheque

  1. inflection of checar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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