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cheque

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/tʃek/ noun [C]

Definition

a piece of paper printed by a bank that you use to pay for things: a cheque for £1500 Are you paying by cheque? → See also blank cheque → See also traveller's cheque
(Definition of cheque noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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