cheque
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cheque
- /t͡ʃɛk/
Sounds like check, Czech · Rhymes with -ɛk
Where it comes from
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Proto-Indo-European *tek-
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati
Proto-Iranian *xšáyati
Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ)
Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ)
Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor.
Arabic شَاه (šāh)bor.
Medieval Latin scaccusder.
Old French eschecbor.
Middle English chek
English check
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English exchequerinflu.?
English cheque
From check, possibly influenced by exchequer. First attested in the 1790s.
noun cheques
- A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity. I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.
- A bill to be paid, particularly in a restaurant. I summoned the waiter, paid the cheque, and hurried to leave.
adjective
- Obsolete form of chequy.chequy 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.
