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   cheque

   /tʃɛk/

   noun

   • 1. an order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account, written on a specially printed form: "they presented him with a cheque for £4,000"

   Word Origin early 18th century (originally denoting a counterfoil, or a form with a counterfoil): variant of check1, in the sense ‘device for checking the amount of an item’.

   Scrabble Points: 20

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