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a rubber check

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Definition

a cheque (= piece of paper from someone's bank that they sign and use for money) that is not worth anything because the person does not have enough money in the bankForms of money and methods of payment
(Definition of a rubber check from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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