cheque
English
editAlternative forms
edit- check (US)
Etymology
editA variant of check influenced in spelling by exchequer.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: chĕk, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛk/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Homophones: check, Czech
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
editcheque (plural cheques)
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.
- 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, published 1920, page 62:
- They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.
- 1999, Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean, 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126,
- Sometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or cheques paid into the account.
- 2007, Eric Tyson, Tony Martin, Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies[1]:
- You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.
- 2009, R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, page 206,
- The daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Albanian: çek
- → Amharic: ቼክ (ček)
- → Arabic: شِيك (šēk, šīk)
- → Gulf Arabic: چيك (cek)
- → Armenian: չեկ (čʻek)
- → Asturian: cheque
- → Azerbaijani: çek
- → Belarusian: чэк (ček)
- → Bengali: চেক (cek)
- → Breton: chekenn
- → Bulgarian: чек (ček)
- → Burmese: ချက် (hkyak)
- → Catalan: xec
- → Czech: šek
- → Danish: check
- → Dutch: cheque
- → Estonian: tšekk
- → Finnish: sekki, šekki, shekki
- → French: chèque
- → Galician: cheque
- → Georgian: ჩეკი (čeḳi)
- → German: Scheck
- → Hebrew: צֵ׳ק (chéq), שֵׁיְק (shéq)
- → Hindi: चेक (cek)
- → Hungarian: csekk
- → Icelandic: tékki
- → Irish: seic
- → Kazakh: чек (çek)
- → Kyrgyz: чек (cek)
- → Lao: ເຊັກ (sek)
- → Latvian: čeks
- → Lithuanian: čekis
- → Macedonian: чек (ček)
- → Malay: cek
- Indonesian: cek
- → Marathi: चेक (cek)
- → Mongolian: чек (ček)
- → Norman: chèque
- → Northern Kurdish: çek
- → Norwegian: sjekk
- → Occitan: chèc
- → Persian: چک (ček)
- → Polish: czek
- → Portuguese: cheque
- → Romanian: cec
- → Russian: чек (ček)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: šek
- → Slovene: ček
- → Spanish: cheque
- → Swahili: cheki
- → Swedish: check
- → Tajik: чек (ček)
- → Telugu: చెక్కు (cekku)
- → Thai: เช็ค (chék)
- → Turkish: çek
- → Turkmen: çek
- → Ukrainian: чек (ček)
- → Urdu: چیک (cek)
- → Uzbek: chek
- → Vietnamese: séc
- → Welsh: siec
Translations
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Adjective
editcheque (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of chequy.
- 1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 335:
- George PARK of FULFORDLIES, descended of the Family of Parkswells, carries Or, a Fesse Cheque, Gules and Argent; between Three Bucks Heads cabossed, all within a Border of the 2d; Motto, Providentia me committo.
- 1779, Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull, The Peerage of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 137:
- Arms. Argent, a chevron cheque, gules, and of the field, between three bugle horns, sable , garnished of the second, plate 40.
- 1797, Thomas Langley, The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough, and Deanery of Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire: Including the Borough Towns of Wycombe and Marlow, and Sixteen Parishes, page 442:
- Parted per pale gules and or, a lion rampant intercharged inter 3 fleurs de lys. 2. A saltire cheque gules and or inter 3 escallop shells gules. 2 Argent, within a bordure azure, semé de fleur de lis or, parted per chevron ermine […]
- 1820, John Chambers, A General History of Worcester, page 148:
- ... : several escutcheons of arms are dispersed about her, and her kirtle, or inward drapery thus blazoned; Or. a fret gules, and others on her mantle, Or. cheque, gules, and azure, a talbot is couchant at her feet.
References
edit- Michael Quinion (2004) “Cheque”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “check”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
editAsturian
editNoun
editcheque m (plural cheques)
- cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)
Chinese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cek1
- Yale: chēk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsek7
- Guangdong Romanization: cég1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
editcheque
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) cheque; check (Classifier: 張/张 c)
Synonyms
editVariety | Location | Words |
---|---|---|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 支票 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 支票 |
Singapore | 支票 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 支票, 則紙 |
Hong Kong | 支票, cheque | |
Rongxian | 支票 | |
Bangkok (Guangfu) | 支票, cheque | |
Betong (Rongxian) | cheque | |
Hakka | Meixian | 支票 |
Jiexi | 支票 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 支票 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 支票 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 支票 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 支票 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 支票 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 支票, 錢票 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 支票 |
Quanzhou | 支票 | |
Zhangzhou | 支票 | |
Zhao'an | 支票 | |
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 支票, 手形 | |
Tainan (Anping) | 支票, 手形 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | cheque | |
Manila (Hokkien) | cheque, 支票 | |
Chaozhou | 支票 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 支票, cheque | |
Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 銀行票, cheque | |
Hat Yai (Teochew) | cheque | |
Wu | Hangzhou | 支票 |
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English cheque, from Middle English chek, borrowed from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcheque m (plural cheques, diminutive chequeje n)
- check, cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)
- voucher, used to pay a stated amount for a specific purpose.
Derived terms
edit- vouchers
Related terms
editDescendants
editEtymology
editGalician
editEtymology
editNoun
editcheque m (plural cheques)
Derived terms
editMiddle English
editNoun
editcheque
- Alternative form of chek
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from English cheque, from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ksayati (“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tke- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). Doublet of xeque and xaque.
Noun
editcheque m (plural cheques)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editcheque
- inflection of checar:
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from English cheque. Doublet of jaque.
Noun
editcheque m (plural cheques)
Derived terms
editAdverb
editcheque
Etymology 2
editVerb
editcheque
- inflection of checar:
Further reading
edit- “cheque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛki
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