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traveller's cheque noun

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word/ˈtræv.əl.əzˌtʃek//-ɚz-/ n [C] UK (US traveler's check)

Definition

a piece of paper that you buy from a bank or a travel company and that you can use as money or exchange for the local money of the country you visit

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

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