bank cheque
121paying bank — ➔ bank1 * * * paying bank UK US noun [C] (also paying banker) ► BANKING, FINANCE the bank of the person or company that has written a cheque, that has to pay the amount written on it: »A paying bank is under no obligation to pay a forged cheque… …
122Embarrassing cheque — The Embarrassing Cheque is a confidence trick which may also be an urban legend.The scam was supposedly performed by a company selling pornography or other sex aids and trading under a highly explicit name (e.g., The Anal Sex And Fetish… …
123return a cheque — ► BANKING to send a cheque back to the person who wrote it, usually because they do not have enough money in the bank to pay the whole amount: »The bank returned our cheque for lack of funds. Main Entry: ↑return …
124uncrossed cheque — UK US noun [C] UK BANKING ► a cheque without two vertical lines down its centre, showing that the person named to receive the money can get the amount at the bank of the person or organization that wrote the cheque, rather than having to pay it… …
125cashier's cheque — ➔ cheque * * * cashier s cheque UK US UK (US cashier s check) noun [C] ► a cheque from a bank promising to pay the amount shown from its own account: »All bidders were required to bring a $5,000 cashier s check. → Compare CERTIFIED C …
126Basic Bank Account Number — Pour les articles homonymes, voir RIB (homonymie). Le BBAN est une subdivision locale de l IBAN délivré par la banque et que l on remet à un débiteur ou un créancier dans le but d opérer des virements bancaires ou des prélèvements bancaires à… …
127clearing bank — n (BrE) a bank that is a member of a clearing house: an organization that arranges for payments to be made between customers of different banks. There is a single clearing house for all cheques paid in Britain: the Cheque and Credit Clearing… …
128dud cheque — ➔ cheque * * * dud cheque UK US UK (US dud check) noun [C] ► BANKING a cheque (= printed form promising to pay money) that has no value because the person who has written it does not have enough money in their bank account to pay it: »The… …
