bad check
English
Noun
bad check (plural bad checks)Category:English lemmas#BADCHECKCategory:English nouns#BADCHECKCategory:English countable nouns#BADCHECKCategory:English multiword terms#BADCHECKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BADCHECKCategory:Pages with entries#BAD%20CHECKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BAD%20CHECK
- A check/cheque written against a bank account with insufficient funds to pay the bearer the amount of the check.
- 1982 August 28, Norman L. Rice, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 19:
- I'm here for five years for writing a $30 bad check. The judge was prejudice [sic] because he knew I was gay.Category:English terms with quotations#BADCHECK
Synonyms
- (check written against an account with insufficient funds to cover it): bounced check, rubber check
Hyponyms
- (check written against an account with insufficient funds to cover it): hot check
Translations
bad check — see bounced cheque
See also
- bounce (verb)
- NSF
- bounced check