check or money order

  • 51order — I [[t]ɔ͟ː(r)də(r)[/t]] SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION USES ♦♦ 1) PHR CONJ SUBORD If you do something in order to achieve a particular thing or in order that something can happen, you do it because you want to achieve that thing. Most schools are… …

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  • 52check — [[t]tʃɛk[/t]] v. t. 1) to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly 2) to restrain; control: to check an impulse[/ex] 3) to cause to diminish, as in rate or intensity 4) to verify the correctness of, as by comparison 5) to inquire into,… …

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  • 53check — An order directed to a bank in writing for the payment of money to a person named in the instrument. Brown v Eastman Nat. Bank (Okla) 291 P2d 828, 55 ALR2d 971; a draft drawn on a bank and payable on demand. UCC § 3 104(2)(b); 10 Am J2d Banks §… …

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  • 54check — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chek, from Anglo French eschec, from Arabic shāh, from Persian, literally, king; akin to Greek ktasthai to acquire, Sanskrit kṣatra dominion Date: 15th century 1. exposure of a chess king to an attack from which… …

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  • 55Check — A written, dated and signed instrument that contains an unconditional order from the drawer that directs a bank to pay a definite sum of money to a payee. In legal terms, a check is a bill of exchange where the drawee is a bank. Check is spelled… …

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  • 56check — I. n. 1. Restraint, curb, bridle, hindrance, stop, obstacle, impediment, obstruction, bar, barrier, damper, interference, rebuff, repression, control. 2. Counter, register, corresponding indenture, corresponding cipher. 3. Mark, symbol, sign. 4.… …

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  • 57certified check — see check Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. certified check n …

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  • 58registered check — A check purchased by a person at a bank and drawn on funds of the bank that have been specially set aside to cover the check, though not certified by the bank; loosely called a money order Compare money order …

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  • 59Bad Check Restitution Program — A Bad Check Restitution Program is an intermediate agency that works to retrieve funds from bad check writers in order to repay moneys owed to the recipients of the checks.About half of all U.S. states offer some type of Bad Check Restitution… …

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  • 60blank check — Synonyms and related words: CD, IOU, MO, acceptance, acceptance bill, ample scope, bank acceptance, bank check, bill, bill of draft, bill of exchange, carte blanche, certificate, certificate of deposit, certified check, check, checkbook, cheque,… …

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