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# cheque

noun (a cheque, cheques)

«cheque» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, NZ) A printed paper form you write on to tell your bank to pay money from your account to someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/#m1)
2. (US spelling: check) The same thing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/#m2)

### In the lessons

In money lessons a cheque is an older way of paying: you write the amount in figures and words and sign it. Many people now use cards and phone payments instead, but grandparents still post cheques for birthdays. Phrases: «write a cheque», «pay by cheque», «cash a cheque», «a blank cheque» (permission to spend anything).

### Examples

- Grandma sent me a cheque for my birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/#x1)
- You write the amount in words and numbers on a cheque. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/#x2)
- Dad paid in the cheque at the bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/#x3)
- Hardly any shops take cheques now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/#x4)
- The charity got a giant cheque for £1,000. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/#x5)
- Don't sign a blank cheque — anyone could fill in the amount. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/#x6)

### Note

UK spelling cheque, US spelling check; same sound as «check». In the USA «check» also means the bill in a restaurant. Countable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cheque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cheque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheque.html) on Mova free.