(Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

plural of cheque

(Britain and Canada) Alternative spelling of checking

(Britain, Canada) A preprinted cheque for a fixed amount, often in a foreign currency, issued by a bank that may be used instead of cash; may usually be replaced if lost or stolen.

Alternative spelling of chequebook

(Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) rain check

plural of blank cheque

(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Canada) Alternative form of blank check

(banking) A cheque which is payable by a bank itself, as opposed to an ordinary cheque payable only out of the funds of a particular customer's account. A bank cheque is normally obtained by a bank customer (by paying its face value), the point is that the person receiving the cheque has the security of knowing it's payable by the bank and thus cannot bounce (not so long as the bank is solvent).

(Britain, banking) A small plastic card issued by a bank or similar which is a guarantee of payment of cheques written by the cardholder (up to a specified maximum amount).