cheque

[chek] /tʃɛk/

noun, British

check (def 29).

Examples from the web for cheque

Or there is payday lending, where the borrower gives the creditor permission to take money straight from his next pay cheque.
The effect is the same, only the comment on the cheque is different.
The top level will offer credit cards, cheque books and other services.
They may even write the odd cheque to support their wives' bearded friends.
More recently lower-rate loans secured on the borrower's pay cheque or pension have taken off.
Their advisers start worrying where their next pay cheque will come from.
Her supporters argued that each new pay cheque should count as a fresh act of discrimination.
He prefers to keep out of the spotlight, content to supplement his monthly income with the occasional royalty cheque.
There are business academics right now panting for your cheque.
He was told firmly that he could not, but he was welcome to send a cheque.

British Dictionary definitions for cheque

/tʃɛk/

noun

a bill of exchange drawn on a bank by the holder of a current account; payable into a bank account, if crossed, or on demand, if uncrossed

(Austral & NZ) the total sum of money received for contract work or a crop

(Austral & NZ) wages

Word Origin

C18: from check, in the sense: a means of verification

Word Origin and History for cheque