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chequebook noun

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word/ˈtʃek.bʊk/ n [C] UK (US checkbook)

Definition

a book of cheques with your name printed on them which is given to you by your bank to make payments with
chequebook journalism UK (US checkbook journalism) disapproving
when a newspaper persuades someone involved in a news story to give their report of events by paying them a lot of money

(Definition of chequebook noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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