cheque

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English

Alternative forms

• check (US)

Etymology

A variant of check influenced in spelling by exchequer.

Pronunciation

• enPR: chĕk, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛk/
• Homophones: check, Czech
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

cheque (plural cheques)

1. (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
   • 1999, Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean, 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126,

   • 2009, R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, page 206,

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Adjective

cheque (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of chequy.

References

• 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.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “check”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• cheque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)

Chinese

Alternative forms

• check

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheque.

Pronunciation

Noun

cheque

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) cheque; check (Classifier: 張／张 c)

Synonyms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheque, from Middle English chek, borrowed from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛk/
• Hyphenation: che‧que
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques, diminutive chequeje n)

1. check, cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)
2. voucher, used to pay a stated amount for a specific purpose

Derived terms

• bankcheque
• betaalcheque
• chequeboek
• chequeverkeer

- vouchers

• cadeaucheque
• dienstencheque
• ecocheque
• maaltijdcheque
• waardecheque

Related terms

• schaak

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: tyèk
  • → Caribbean Javanese: tyèg

Etymology

Borrowed from English check.

Galician

Etymology

From English cheque.

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque, blank cheque

Derived terms

• chequeira
• cheque en branco

Middle English

Noun

cheque

1. Alternative form of chek

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛki, (Brazil) -ɛkɨ
• Homophone: xeque
• Hyphenation: che‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cheque, from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (xšāyaθiya, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ksayati (“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tke- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). Doublet of xeque and xaque.

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cheque

1. inflection of checar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeke/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ke]
• Rhymes: -eke
• Syllabification: che‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cheque. Doublet of jaque.

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque, blank cheque

Derived terms

Adverb

cheque

1. (colloquial, Honduras) well, fine, okay

Etymology 2

Verb

cheque

1. inflection of checar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cheque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “cheque” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010