Money and banking / A2

CHEK/tʃek/

A cheque is a printed paper that tells a bank to pay money: pay by cheque, write a cheque, a blank cheque. British spelling is cheque; American is check, which also means a restaurant bill. Cash is notes and coins; a card is plastic. You write a cheque to someone, not “a check” in British writing.

Meaning

A printed paper that tells a bank to pay money from your account.

Examples

• “She paid the rent by cheque.”
• “The landlord still accepts a cheque for the deposit.”
• “She signed the cheque and put it in the envelope.”

Good to know

British: cheque. American: check. pay by cheque / write a cheque.

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