cheque
(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity.
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I’m older than you and I don’t know what a “cancelled cheque” is.
everything is bills when is one of these emails gonna be a cheque for money for ME huh I make the money and then everyone takes the money and then I have less money and it’s bull shit
The only one looking for a cheque, mate is tRump. tRump, Kegsbreath and the rest of his motley crew are incompetent morons.
Expecting Mr. Attanasio to open the cheque book over the summer. Like to see us target players from L1/Champ rather than Croatia or Bosnia tbh, but Clement will have a list for Knapper to work at. January window was…
Wu Wize who last night won the World Snooker Championship & a £500,000 cheque to go with the trophy has to pay £225,000 of it in tax, almost half of the first prize money, I bet that's more than Amazon Apple, Microsof…
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(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity.
I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.
“I’m older than you and I don’t know what a “cancelled cheque” is.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“everything is bills when is one of these emails gonna be a cheque for money for ME huh I make the money and then everyone takes the money and then I have less money and it’s bull shit”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The only one looking for a cheque, mate is tRump. tRump, Kegsbreath and the rest of his motley crew are incompetent morons.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Expecting Mr. Attanasio to open the cheque book over the summer. Like to see us target players from L1/Champ rather than Croatia or Bosnia tbh, but Clement will have a list for Knapper to work at. January window was outstanding.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Wu Wize who last night won the World Snooker Championship & a £500,000 cheque to go with the trophy has to pay £225,000 of it in tax, almost half of the first prize money, I bet that's more than Amazon Apple, Microsoft & all the others who evade paying their full taxes.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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