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See also: chequé and chèque

English

A crossed cheque (see top left corner), in this case payable only to a bank account

Alternative forms

check (US)

Etymology

A variant of check, probably influenced exchequer. First attested in the 1790s.^[1]

Pronunciation

enPR: chĕk, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛk/Category:English 1-syllable words#CHEQUE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CHEQUE
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CHEQUE
Homophones: check, CzechCategory:English terms with homophones#CHEQUE
Rhymes: -ɛk Category:Rhymes:English/ɛk#CHEQUE Category:Rhymes:English/ɛk/1 syllable#CHEQUE

Noun

cheque (plural cheques)Category:English lemmas#CHEQUE Category:English nouns#CHEQUE Category:English countable nouns#CHEQUE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CHEQUE Category:Pages with entries#CHEQUE Category:Pages with 8 entries#CHEQUE

(UK Category:British English#CHEQUE, Commonwealth Category:Commonwealth English#CHEQUE, Ireland Category:Irish English#CHEQUE) A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity. Category:en:Banking#CHEQUE
I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.Category:English terms with usage examples#CHEQUE
- 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, published 1920, page 62:
  They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.
  Category:English terms with quotations#CHEQUE
- 1999, Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean, 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126,
  Sometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or cheques paid into the account.Category:English terms with quotations#CHEQUE
- 2007, Eric Tyson, Tony Martin, Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies‎:
  You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.
  Category:English terms with quotations#CHEQUE
- 2009, R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, page 206,
  The daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.Category:English terms with quotations#CHEQUE

Descendants

→ Albanian: çek
→ Amharic: ቼክ (ček)
→ Arabic: شِيك (šēk, šīk)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHEQUE
→ Gulf Arabic: چيك (cek)
→ Armenian: չեկ (čʻek)
→ Asturian: cheque
→ Azerbaijani: çek
→ Belarusian: чэк (ček)
→ Bengali: চেক (cek)
→ Breton: chekenn
→ Bulgarian: чек (ček)
→ Burmese: ချက် (hkyak)
→ Catalan: xec
→ Czech: šek
→ Danish: check
→ Dutch: cheque
→ Estonian: tšekk
→ Finnish: sekki, šekki, shekki
→ French: chèque
→ Galician: cheque
→ Georgian: ჩეკი (čeḳi)
→ German: Scheck
→ Hebrew: צֵ׳ק (chéq), שֵׁיְק (shéq)
→ Hindi: चेक (cek), चैक (caik)
→ Hungarian: csekk
→ Icelandic: tékki
→ Irish: seic
→ Japanese: チェック
→ Kazakh: чек (çek)
→ Kyrgyz: чек (cek)
→ Lao: ເຊັກ (sek)
→ Latvian: čeks
→ Lithuanian: čekis
→ Macedonian: чек (ček)
→ Malay: cek
- Indonesian: cek
→ Marathi: चेक (cek)
→ Mongolian: чек (ček)
→ Norman: chèque
→ Northern Kurdish: çek
→ Norwegian: sjekk
→ Occitan: chèc
→ Odia: ଚେକ୍ (cek)
→ Persian: چک (ček)
→ Polish: czek
→ Portuguese: cheque
→ Punjabi: ਚੈੱਕ (caikka)
→ Romanian: cec
→ Russian: чек (ček)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: чек

Latin script: ček
→ Slovak: šek
→ Slovene: ček
→ Spanish: cheque
→ Swahili: cheki
→ Swedish: check
→ Tajik: чек (ček)
→ Tamil: செக்கு (cekku)
→ Telugu: చెక్కు (cekku)
→ Thai: เช็ค (chék)
→ Turkish: çek
→ Turkmen: çek
→ Ukrainian: чек (ček)
→ Urdu: چیک (cek)
→ Uzbek: chek
→ Vietnamese: séc
→ Welsh: siec

Translations

a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity

Category:Entries with translation boxes#CHEQUE

Afrikaans: tjekCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#CHEQUE
Albanian: çek (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#CHEQUE
Amharic: ቼክ (ček)Category:Terms with Amharic translations#CHEQUE
Arabic: شِيك m (šēk)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CHEQUE Category:Terms with Arabic translations#CHEQUE, شِيك m (šīk)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#CHEQUE
Armenian: չեկ (hy) (čʻek)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#CHEQUE
Asturian: cheque mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#CHEQUE, talón (ast) mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#CHEQUE
Azerbaijani: çekCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#CHEQUE
Belarusian: чэк m (ček)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#CHEQUE
Bengali: চেক (bn) (cek)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#CHEQUE
Breton: chekenn (br) fCategory:Terms with Breton translations#CHEQUE
Bulgarian: чек m (ček)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CHEQUE
Burmese: ချက် (my) (hkyak)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#CHEQUE
Catalan: xec (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#CHEQUE, taló (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#CHEQUE
Chinese:
Cantonese: 支票 (zi¹ piu³)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#CHEQUE Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#CHEQUE

Mandarin: 支票 (zh) (zhīpiào)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CHEQUE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CHEQUE
Czech: šek (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#CHEQUE
Danish: check cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#CHEQUE
Dutch: cheque (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CHEQUE
Esperanto: ĉekoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#CHEQUE
Estonian: tšekkCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#CHEQUE
Finnish: sekki (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CHEQUE, šekki (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CHEQUE
French: chèque (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#CHEQUE
Galician: cheque (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#CHEQUE, talón (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#CHEQUE
Georgian: ჩეკი (ka) (čeḳi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#CHEQUE
German: Scheck (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#CHEQUE
Greek: επιταγή (el) f (epitagí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CHEQUE
Gujarati: ચેક (gu) m (cek)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#CHEQUE
Hebrew: הַמְחָאָה (he) f (hamkha`á)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#CHEQUE, צֵ׳ק (he) m (chéq)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#CHEQUE, שֵׁיְק (he) m (shéq)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#CHEQUE
Hindi: हुंडी (hi) f (huṇḍī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CHEQUE, चेक (hi) m (cek)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CHEQUE
Hungarian: csekk (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CHEQUE
Icelandic: ávísun (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#CHEQUE, tékki (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#CHEQUE
Indonesian: cek (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#CHEQUE
Irish: seic mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#CHEQUE
Italian: assegno (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#CHEQUE
Japanese: 小切手 (ja) (こぎって, kogitte)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CHEQUE, チェック (ja) (chekku)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CHEQUE
Kazakh: чек (çek)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#CHEQUE
Khmer: សែក (km) (saek)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#CHEQUE, មូលប្បទានបត្រ (km) (muulappaʼtiənaʼ bat)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#CHEQUE
Korean: 수표(手票) (ko) (supyo)Category:Terms with Korean translations#CHEQUE
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: çek (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#CHEQUE
Kyrgyz: чек (ky) (cek)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#CHEQUE
Lao: ເຊັກ (sek)Category:Terms with Lao translations#CHEQUE
Latin: mandatum nummārium nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#CHEQUE (New Latin)
Latvian: čeks mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#CHEQUE
Lithuanian: čekis mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#CHEQUE
Macedonian: чек m (ček)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CHEQUE
Malay: cek (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#CHEQUE
Marathi: चेक m (cek)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#CHEQUE
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чек (mn) (ček)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#CHEQUE
Norman: chèque fCategory:Terms with Norman translations#CHEQUE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sjekk mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#CHEQUE
Occitan: chèc (oc) mCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#CHEQUE
Pashto: چک (ps) m (čak)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#CHEQUE
Persian:
Iranian Persian: چِک (ček)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#CHEQUE Category:Terms with Persian translations#CHEQUE
Plautdietsch: Jeltzadel mCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#CHEQUE, Schekj nCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#CHEQUE
Polish: czek (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#CHEQUE
Portuguese: cheque (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#CHEQUE
Romanian: cec (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#CHEQUE
Russian: чек (ru) m (ček)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CHEQUE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: че̏к mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#CHEQUE

Latin: čȅk (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#CHEQUE
Slovak: šek mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#CHEQUE
Slovene: ček (sl) mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#CHEQUE
Spanish: cheque (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CHEQUE, talón (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CHEQUE, chocoso mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CHEQUE (festive, colloquial)
Swahili: cheki (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#CHEQUE
Swedish: check (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#CHEQUE
Tagalog: tsekeCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#CHEQUE, tsek (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#CHEQUE
Tajik: чек (ček)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#CHEQUE
Tamil: காசோலை (ta) (kācōlai)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#CHEQUE, செக்கு (ta) (cekku)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#CHEQUE
Telugu: చెక్కు (te) (cekku)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#CHEQUE
Thai: เช็ค (th) (chék)Category:Terms with Thai translations#CHEQUE
Turkish: çek (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#CHEQUE
Turkmen: çekCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#CHEQUE
Ukrainian: чек m (ček)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#CHEQUE
Urdu: چیک m (cek)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#CHEQUE
Uyghur: چېك (chëk)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#CHEQUE
Uzbek: chek (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#CHEQUE
Vietnamese: séc (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#CHEQUE, chi phiếu (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#CHEQUE (支票Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#CHEQUE)
Welsh: siec (cy) fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#CHEQUE
Yiddish: טשעק m (tshek)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#CHEQUE

Adjective

cheque (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#CHEQUE Category:English adjectives#CHEQUE Category:English uncomparable adjectives#CHEQUE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CHEQUE Category:Pages with entries#CHEQUE Category:Pages with 8 entries#CHEQUE

Obsolete form of chequyCategory:English obsolete forms#CHEQUE.
- 1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 335:
  George PARK of FULFORDLIES, descended of the Family of Parkswells, carries Or, a Fesse Cheque, Gules and Argent; between Three Bucks Heads cabossed, all within a Border of the 2d; Motto, Providentia me committo.
  Category:English terms with quotations#CHEQUE
- 1779, Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull, The Peerage of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 137:
  Arms. Argent, a chevron cheque, gules, and of the field, between three bugle horns, sable , garnished of the second, plate 40.
  Category:English terms with quotations#CHEQUE
- 1797, Thomas Langley, The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough, and Deanery of Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire: Including the Borough Towns of Wycombe and Marlow, and Sixteen Parishes, page 442:
  Parted per pale gules and or, a lion rampant intercharged inter 3 fleurs de lys. 2. A saltire cheque gules and or inter 3 escallop shells gules. 2 Argent, within a bordure azure, semé de fleur de lis or, parted per chevron ermine […]
  Category:English terms with quotations#CHEQUE
- 1820, John Chambers, A General History of Worcester, page 148:
  ... : several escutcheons of arms are dispersed about her, and her kirtle, or inward drapery thus blazoned; Or. a fret gules, and others on her mantle, Or. cheque, gules, and azure, a talbot is couchant at her feet.
  Category:English terms with quotations#CHEQUE

References

↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “check (n.1.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Michael Quinion (2004), “Cheque”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

Asturian

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)Category:Asturian lemmas#CHEQUE Category:Asturian nouns#CHEQUE Category:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#CHEQUE Category:Asturian masculine nouns#CHEQUE Category:Pages with entries#CHEQUE Category:Pages with 8 entries#CHEQUE

cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)Category:ast:Banking#CHEQUE

Chinese

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 支票 (“cheque”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		支票
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	支票
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	支票
Cantonese	Guangzhou	支票, 則紙
	Hong Kong	支票, cheque
	Rongxian	支票
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	支票, cheque
	Betong (Rongxian)	cheque
Hakka	Meixian	支票
	Jiexi	支票
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	支票
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	支票
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	支票
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	支票
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	支票
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	支票, 錢票
Southern Min	Xiamen	支票
	Quanzhou	支票
	Zhangzhou	支票
	Zhao'an	支票
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	支票, 手形
	Tainan (Anping)	支票, 手形
	Chiayi	支票, 手形
	Chiayi County (Dongshi)	支票
	Penang (Hokkien)	cheque
	Manila (Hokkien)	cheque, 支票
	Chaozhou	支票
	Bangkok (Teochew)	支票, cheque
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	銀行票, cheque
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	cheque
Wu	Hangzhou	支票

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

cheque

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from English Category:Dutch terms borrowed from English#CHEQUE Category:Dutch terms derived from English#CHEQUE cheque, from Middle English Category:Dutch terms derived from Middle English#CHEQUE chek, borrowed from Old French Category:Dutch terms derived from Old French#CHEQUE eschec, from Medieval Latin Category:Dutch terms derived from Medieval Latin#CHEQUE scaccus, from Arabic Category:Dutch terms derived from Arabic#CHEQUE شَاه (šāh), borrowed from Persian Category:Dutch terms derived from Persian#CHEQUE (šâh, “king”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɛk/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#CHEQUE
Audio: (file)
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#CHEQUE
Hyphenation: che‧que
Rhymes: -ɛk Category:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk#CHEQUE

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques, diminutive chequeje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#CHEQUE Category:Dutch nouns#CHEQUE Category:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#CHEQUE Category:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#CHEQUE Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CHEQUE Category:Dutch masculine nouns#CHEQUE Category:Pages with entries#CHEQUE Category:Pages with 8 entries#CHEQUE

check, cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)Category:nl:Banking#CHEQUE
voucher, used to pay a stated amount for a specific purpose