I
n.
order to a bank
( BE has cheque)
1) to issue, make out, write out a ~ to
2) to draw a ~ against one's account; to draw a ~ on a bank
3) to cash; clear; deposit; present a ~
4) to cover a ~ (by making a deposit)
5) to endorse; negotiate a ~
6) to pass a (bad) ~; to kite a ~ ( AE ) ('to write a bad ~'); to raise ('increase fraudulently') a ~
7) to stop payment of, on a ~
8) a bad ('not covered'); blank; cashier's; certified; crossed ( BE ); negotiable; traveler's ~
9) a ~ bounces; clears
10) by ~ (to pay by ~)
verification
control
11) to conduct, make, run a ~ of, on
12) a background; bed; loyalty; spot ~ (to run a background ~ on all new employees)
endangered position of the king
(chess)
13) to produce a ~
14) to discover ~
15) discovered; perpetual ~
16) in ~ (your king is in ~)
bill in a restaurant
( AE )
17) to pay the ~
token of ownership, of a right
18) a baggage ( AE ); claim; hat; rain ( AE ) ~
blocking of an opponent
(ice hockey)
19) a board; body; hook ~
device for braking
20) a door ~
restraint
21) to hold, keep in ~
II
v.
1) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to verify') (to ~ into smb.'s story)
2) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to register at') (to ~ into a hotel)
3) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ on ('to verify') (to ~ on smb.'s story)
4) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ out of ('to announce one's departure from') (to ~ out of a hotel)
5) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ out of ('to borrow from') (she ~ed the book out of the library)
6) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to look through') (to ~ through the files)
7) ( AE ) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ through to ('to register as far as') (she ~ed her suitcase through to Chicago)