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chequebook

noun [C]
 
/ˈtʃek.bʊk/ UK (US checkbook)

Definition

a book of cheques with your name printed on them that is given to you by your bank to make payments withBanks and bank accounts chequebook journalism UK (US checkbook journalism) disapproving the activity in which a newspaper persuades someone involved in a news story to give their report of events by paying them a lot of moneyThe press and news reporting
(Definition of chequebook noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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