checkbook

B2 Topic:Money & Finance

Also spelled chequebook

US /ˈtʃek.bʊk/ UK /ˈtʃek.bʊk/
noun Freq #17703

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a book of blank checks supplied by a bank for making payments from an account

    She opened her checkbook and wrote the final payment to the contractor.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a book of blank checks... chequebookbook of checks
Word family
Derived forms checkbook journalism
Related forms checkchecking accountbank account

Etymology

An American English compound of check + book, referring to the bound booklet in which bank checks were traditionally issued. British English normally spells both the payment instrument and the compound with cheque: chequebook.

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