(cheque drawn)
111Clearing period — When a cheque is sent for clearing, the bank on which it is drawn has a fixed length of time in which it can bounce (refuse to pay) the cheque. This period is known as the clearing period …
112cross — 1 verb 1 GO FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER (I, T) to go or stretch from one side of something such as a road, river, room etc to the other: It took them four weeks to cross the desert. | Look both ways before you cross the road. | The railway line from …
113kiting — 1) See kite 2) An informal US name for the dishonest practice of improving the apparent cash position in a company s accounts by paying a large cheque on the last day of the accounting period from one of its current accounts into a second current …
114personal check — noun a check drawn against funds deposited in your personal checking account • Syn: ↑personal cheque • Hypernyms: ↑check, ↑bank check, ↑cheque …
115Hunter S. Thompson — at the Miami Book Fair International of 1988 Born Hunter Stockton Thompson July 18, 1937(1937 07 18) Louisville, Kentucky …
116Hutterite — Hutterites are a communal branch of Anabaptists who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the 16th century. Since the death of their founder Jakob Hutter in 1536, the beliefs of the Hutterites, especially …
117Royalties — Not to be confused with Royal family. Royalty cheque. Royalties (sometimes, running royalties, or private sector taxes) are usage based payments made by one party (the licensee ) to another (the licensor ) for the right to ongoing use of an asset …
118Master Tara Singh — Malhotra (24 June, 1885, Rawalpindi, Punjab 22 November, 1967, Chandigarh) was a prominent Sikh political and religious leader in the first half of the 20th century. He was instrumental in organizing the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee,… …
119The Longford Prize — is an annual award presented to an organisation or individual working in the field of social or penal reform. It began in 2001 and is named in memory of Lord Longford, a British Labour Party politician and penal reform campaigner. The Longford… …
120Michael T. Gilbert — Born Michael Terry Gilbert May 7, 1951 (1951 05 07) (age 60) Nationality …
