Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
cheque
cheque S2 BrE AmE British English, check American English /tʃek/ noun [countable] [Date: 1700-1800; Origin: check, influenced by exchequer] a printed piece of paper that you write an amount of money on, sign, and use instead of money to pay for things cheque for They sent me a cheque for £100. by cheque Can I pay by cheque? You could write her a cheque. cash a cheque (=get cash in exchange for a cheque) ⇨ ↑blank cheque, TRAVELLER’S CHEQUE • • • COLLOCATIONS verbs ▪ pay by chequeYou can pay by cheque or credit card. ▪ write (out) a chequeI had to write a cheque for £360 yesterday. ▪ give somebody a chequeCan I give you a cheque, or would you prefer cash? ▪ make a cheque out/payable to somebody (=write someone's name on a cheque so it is paid to them)Who shall I make the cheque out to? ▪ enclose a cheque (=send it with a letter by post)I wrote to the company enclosing a cheque for £49.99. ▪ sign a chequeYou've forgotten to sign the cheque. ▪ pay in a cheque (=pay a cheque into your bank account)I went to the bank to pay in a couple of cheques. ▪ cancel/stop a cheque (=stop a cheque from being paid to someone)Don't forget to phone the bank and cancel that cheque. ▪ cash a cheque (=exchange a cheque for the amount of money it is worth)The company had cashed the cheque but not sent the goods. ▪ accept a cheque (=take a cheque as a form of payment)We only accept cheques if you have a bank card. ▪ draw a cheque formal (=use a cheque to withdraw money from an account)Customers can draw cheques for any amount they like on their accounts. ▪ a cheque bounces (=is not paid by a bank because there is not enough money in the account)The cheque bounced because my account was overdrawn. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cheque ▪ a large cheque (=for a lot of money)Sara was delighted to receive a large cheque in the post. ▪ a blank cheque (=signed but without the amount written on it)I wasn't sure how much the tickets would be so I gave her a blank cheque. ▪ a post-dated cheque (=with a date on it that is later than the date you write the cheque)She wanted a post-dated cheque for the next three months' rent. ▪ a pay cheque (=one that you get for doing your job)My pay cheque arrived at the end of each week. ▪ a traveller's cheque (=a type of cheque that you can exchange for money in another country)Are you taking some traveller's cheques on holiday? cheque + NOUN ▪ a cheque book (=a book of cheques that your bank gives you to use)When you open a bank account you will be given your own cheque book. ▪ a cheque card (=a bank card shown when paying by cheque)Cheques must be accompanied by a valid cheque card. ▪ a cheque stub (=the part of a cheque that stays in your cheque book when you have written a cheque)Check your cheque stubs to see when you wrote the cheque.
