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check

An order written by the drawer to a commercial or central bank to pay a specific sum on demand.

Usually the check should bear the date on which it is payable, a definite sum of money to be paid, written in words and figures, to a named person or body, or to the bearer, and be signed by the drawer. It is then payable on presentation at the bank on which it is drawn. In the US checks are widely negotiable for retail purchases and other financial transactions.
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And, since first-class magazines always paid on acceptance, there was a check inside.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
We do not steadily bear in mind, how profoundly ignorant we are of the conditions of existence of every animal; nor do we always remember, that some check is constantly preventing the too rapid increase of every organized being left in a state of nature.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
An' now, gettin' back to accounts, suppose you write me a check for three hundred dollars.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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