(Britain and Canada) Alternative spelling of checking

plural of cheque

(Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

(Britain and Canada) Alternative spelling of checking account

plural of chequing account

(Britain, banking) A small plastic card issued by a bank or similar which is a guarantee of payment of cheques written by the cardholder (up to a specified maximum amount).

plural of blank cheque

(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Canada) Alternative form of blank check

(banking) A cheque which is payable by a bank itself, as opposed to an ordinary cheque payable only out of the funds of a particular customer's account. A bank cheque is normally obtained by a bank customer (by paying its face value), the point is that the person receiving the cheque has the security of knowing it's payable by the bank and thus cannot bounce (not so long as the bank is solvent).

(Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) rain check