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check

check 1 : something that limits or restrains see also checks and balances 2 : a written order signed by its maker directing a bank to pay a specified sum to a named person or to that person's order on demand see also negotiable instrument compare draft bank check : a check drawn by a bank on its deposits in another bank ca·shier's check : a check drawn by a bank on its own funds and signed by the cashier or another bank official certified check : a check certified to be good by the bank upon which it is drawn by the signature of usually the cashier or paying teller with the word certified or accepted across the face of the check NSF check [Not Sufficient Funds] : a check drawn on an account with insufficient funds from which to make payment ...


check-kiting

check-kiting : the practice of drawing on uncollected funds during the time needed to clear a check deposited in a bank esp. if the check is worthless called also kiting NOTE: Check-kiting typically works this way: a check drawn on insufficient funds in one bank is deposited in a second bank, and the funds represented by the check are immediately withdrawn from the second bank. The money is ultimately deposited in the first bank to cover the check before it clears, which usually takes several days. ...


bank check

bank check see check ...


cashier's check

cashier's check see check ...


certified check

certified check see check ...


NSF check

NSF check see check ...


Check-weigher

Check-weigher. A person appointed under ss. 13 and 14 of the (English) Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887, by the majority ascertained by ballot of the persons employed in a coal mine who are paid according to the weight of the mineral gotten by them, and stationed at their own cost at each place appointed for the weighing of the mineral to take a correct amount of the weight. See Check-weighing in (English) Various Industries Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 51). See Date v. Gas Coal Collieries, 1914 (3) KB 1175....


check off

check off : to deduct (union dues) from a worker's paycheck ...


checks and balances

checks and balances : the powers (as judicial review, the presidential veto, and the congressional override) conferred on each of the three branches of government by which each restrains the others from exerting too much power ...


Cashiers check

A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds signed by the cashier...


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