(British, Canada) A preprinted cheque for a fixed amount, often in a foreign currency, issued by a bank that may be used instead of cash; may usually be replaced if lost or stolen.
(British, Canada) A preprinted cheque for a fixed amount, often in a foreign currency, issued by a bank that may be used instead of cash; may usually be replaced if lost or stolen.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity.
(UK) A type of financial instrument, used similarly to a cheque to make a payment or transfer money, but drawn on funds already taken from the payer's account and held by the bank, and hence seen as more certain of being honoured than a personal cheque.
(British, banking) A small plastic card issued by a bank or similar which is a guarantee of payment of cheques written by the cardholder (up to a specified maximum amount).
(US) A check (cheque) for which the bank verifies that sufficient funds exist in the account to cover the check, and so certifies, at the time the check is written.