noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bank/cheque card British English (= one that you must show when you write a cheque )
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Always keep your cheque book and cheque card separately.
a pay cheque British English , a paycheck American English (= the money you earn every week or month )
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Stretching your money until the next pay cheque arrives often becomes difficult.
blank cheque
cheque card
crossed cheque
fat cheque
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a fat cheque
pay by cheque
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I filled up with petrol and then paid by cheque.
sign...cheque
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You forgot to sign the cheque.
stop...cheque (= not pay a cheque that I had written )
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I phoned the bank and asked them to stop the cheque .
the attached form/cheque/leaflet etc
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Please fill in and return the attached reply slip.
traveller's cheque
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
blank
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And here ... sign this blank cheque for what you owe.
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There will be no blank cheque for missile defence.
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He was effectively granted a blank cheque to conduct a war without Congressional authorization for up to 90 days.
stolen
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Another example may be a stolen cheque .
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Mr Clancy sold it to a trickster who paid with a worthless stolen cheque .
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The man found in possession of her stolen cheque book and card has been allowed to walk free from court.
■ NOUN
account
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Transfer of funds to a cheque account can be easily implemented after adequate notice.
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These combine cheque accounts with securities dealing, mutual funds and other investment services.
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Instead, Wilby left the Midland Bank in Barnsley with a £2,500 cheque account , which he used to buy a car.
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Sight deposits are, in the main, cheque account funds while time deposits incorporate an element of withdrawal restriction, i.e. notice.
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High interest cheque account-Best of both worlds, you get a decent rate of interest and a cheque book.
book
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Neither the current cheque book nor the building society passbook was there.
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They stole cheque books and bank cards.
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Josie was sitting at the table with an open cheque book in front of her, paying bills.
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Some accounts come with their own cheque book .
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My only experience with the stuff was when half a pound of liver leaked all over my cheque book .
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You don't even have to change your cheque book .
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Some one nipped in and stole his cheque book and wallet.
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Relatives may ask to take valuables, cash, cheque book , etc away with them.
books
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Both have so far proved effective, which shows that ready cash is more versatile than credit cards and cheque books .
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They stole cheque books and bank cards.
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You should never leave credit cards, cheque books , wallets or handbags lying around - nomatterwhere you are.
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He collected cheque books for the account and used them to obtain nearly £7,000 in cash and property.
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The 2140 machine prints 98.5 feet of paper a minute and can produce half a million cheque books a month.
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The account was then allowed to lie dormant while Yousefi collected the cheque books sent out at regular intervals.
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Rummaging through, Loretta found receipts from restaurants, postcards from friends, the stubs of several used cheque books .
card
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And the new cheque card application?
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The accused drew by cheque card on a bank balance which had insufficient funds to meet the sum.
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But I will accept personal cheques up to fifty pounds if they are accompanied by a valid cheque card .
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The Lords held that there was no difference between a cheque card , as in Charles, and a credit card.
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And, you will find that paying by Switch does not restrict you to your cheque card limit.
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Always keep your cheque card and cheque book separately - a thief needs both to encash a cheque.
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This was £50 worth, the value of the cheque card .
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His cheque card was on the table.
guarantee
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The bank has simultaneously raised the cheque guarantee limit to £250 for its Premier Visa cardholders..
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Clearly, the absence of cheque guarantee cards limited the value of the cheque book facility.
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As we saw earlier, societies were previously inhibited in this by the fact that they could not issue cheque guarantee cards.
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The fact that such a cheque is supported by a cheque guarantee card makes no difference.
pay
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Steve Maxwell Yes-the pay cheque would have been nice-although the elocution lessons would have been a bit tedious.
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Hall's main pay cheque comes from selling lambs which go to the lowlands as breeding stock.
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Harvard Securities recalled the duplicate pay cheque , as well as truncating the value of the next one.
■ VERB
accept
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As consolation, he accepted a £1,000 cheque and the additional prize of being named the Institute's top trainee.
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He asks a hotelier if he will accept the cheque in payment of a bill for £15.
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In Newtons of Wembley v. Williams a rogue bought a car and persuaded the seller to accept a cheque .
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Stephen Benson accepted the cheque on behalf of the hospice.
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Thus a seller who in the normal way has accepted a cheque which is later dishonoured, is an unpaid seller.
cash
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At Barclays Bank he paid in the cheque from James Salperton and cashed a cheque of his own.
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The money will come, I will deposit it, Fakhru will cash his cheque .
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A: I need to cash a cheque .
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Lloyds Bank cashed a Gieves cheque for £27,000, the crew were paid and a crisis averted.
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When he cashes the cheque , he has stolen the amount stated on the face of the cheque.
draw
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The funds are then available to be drawn on by cheque as above.
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Alternatively, the importer's bank could draw a cheque on its correspondent bank in the exporter's country.
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The accused drew by cheque card on a bank balance which had insufficient funds to meet the sum.
enclose
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Please enclose a cheque made out to Beverley Borough Council.
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Accordingly I enclose a cheque for £248.43.
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Meanwhile I enclose a cheque for £50 ... ... an optional magazine at, say, £5pa.
find
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Jean-Claude signed it and returned to Paris, to find a cheque waiting for him.
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Please find enclosed a cheque for £12 annual subscription for an organisation.
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Please find enclosed a cheque for £90.
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In one of them he found a collection of cheque stubs and account books that went back to the 1940s.
give
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I gave her the cheque in the bedroom.
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Or suppose that your husband gave you a cheque for £15,000; wouldn't that be worth a hug?
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Cheque Book Within a few days of opening your account you will be given your own cheque book.
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Driving licences, in particular, are like giving some one a cheque book.
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Our customer certainly thought so - she gave us the cheque before we left!
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In the end, in order to escape, Hyde had to give your cousin a cheque in the name of Jekyll.
hand
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But do not assume that you will be handed a fat compensation cheque by your financial adviser or life insurance company.
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E R.. Mchboob hands the cheque to a small boy to deposit.
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Nigel and Shirley handed over the cheque to matron Ann Teaney.
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Feeling almost brotherly towards FakhrLI,, Fong handed over the cheque that he knew would bounce.
present
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A former miner, Joe was presented with a cheque together with good wishes for a long and happy retirement.
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The Court said obiter that presenting a cheque gave rise to the same representations.
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The Open Day Committee hope to be able to present a substantial cheque to local charities later in the year.
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Bishop Harris presented the cheque to Brother Bonaventure, Prior, at the social evening.
receive
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He is shown receiving a cheque from Ralph Ellis, Chief Executive.
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I look forward, therefore, to receiving your cheque for £1300 in due course.
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But instead of the long wait often involved with the sale of shares, you will receive a cheque for your shares immediately.
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Three months after that, Alistair received a cheque for £12.50, which bounced.
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Each of the shortlisted authors receives a cheque for £1,000 along with a designer bound edition of their book.
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Once the Lords have made their claim they will, in due course, receive a cheque for the claimed amount.
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The other five shortlisted authors each receive a cheque for £1,000, bringing the total prize value to £26,000.
send
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Instead he sent off a cheque last month for a new licence when his old one expired.
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As the Mirror revealed last month, Diana sent a cheque to the Chiswick Rescue.
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They would surely write back soon and send a cheque .
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He had sent a generous cheque and then had come himself.
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To order your wine case, send a cheque for £59.95 made out to.
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She had sent a cheque , and Harrods had despatched it by courier.
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Sometimes, the mortgage advance will be sent by cheque and on other occasions it may be sent by telegraphic transfer.
sign
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The guest must sign the cheque . 6.
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And, never sign a cheque before you use it.
steal
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The stolen cheque was not discovered until Smyth lodged it into his Northern Bank account which he had opened the previous week.
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They stole cheque books and bank cards.
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In the same week, they also got into his ground floor flat twice and stole his cheque book and card.
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Some one nipped in and stole his cheque book and wallet.
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If an accused steals a cheque , he is guilty of theft of a piece of paper.
write
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They wrote out a cheque for the place there and then and became the owners of their own pub.
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Then he unfolded his cheque-book from his pyjamas and wrote a cheque for 368 shillings and made it out to Sam Fong.
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He writes out a generous cheque and sends it off.
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Perhaps the Minister could write a cheque .
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Then she wrote out a cheque in payment of the forgotten parking-ticket, put it in an envelope and went out.
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They write out a cheque but it never gets cashed for it's taken back at once.
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Normally he will write a cheque , or withdraw the money and hand it over.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cash a cheque/postal order/draft etc
draw a cheque (on sth)
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Alternatively, the importer's bank could draw a cheque on its correspondent bank in the exporter's country.
give sb a blank cheque
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We cannot let our democracy become a matter of simply giving a bunch of politicians a blank cheque to govern us every five years.
honour a cheque
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A former miner, Joe was presented with a cheque together with good wishes for a long and happy retirement.
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Clearly, the absence of cheque guarantee cards limited the value of the cheque book facility.
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He asks a hotelier if he will accept the cheque in payment of a bill for £15.
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Instead he sent off a cheque last month for a new licence when his old one expired.
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The funds are then available to be drawn on by cheque as above.
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The team that finishes bottom will pocket a compensation cheque of £37,000.