cheque
n. countable B1 Intermediate US //ˈtʃɛk// UK //tʃˈɛk// cheque
n. a piece of paper that orders a bank to pay a specific amount of money from your account. You use it to pay for things instead of using cash or a card.
n. a written order directing a bank to pay a specified sum from the drawer's account to the payee. Standard in British English; largely replaced by electronic transfers in American English.
I wrote a cheque to pay the rent.
She filled out a cheque for fifty pounds and handed it to the cashier at the local market.
Although digital payments dominate modern commerce, the physical cheque remains a legally binding instrument for settling large transactions in certain jurisdictions.
A variant of check, probably influenced exchequer. First attested in the 1790s.