# cheque

Pronunciation: say "CHEK" /t͡ʃɛk/

## Noun

1. A written instruction telling a bank to pay money to a person or organisation.
   - Simple: A written note telling your bank to pay money to a person or an organisation.
   - _The landlord wanted the deposit by cheque, so I wrote one out at the kitchen table._
   - _She paid the cheque in through her banking app and waited for it to clear before spending the money._

## Origin

A variant of check, probably influenced by exchequer. It became the standard British spelling for the banking sense in the nineteenth century.

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