Tra từ cheque - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cheque [cheque cheques] (BrE) (US check)BrE [tʃek] NAmE [tʃek] noun
a printed form that you can write on and sign as a way of paying for sth instead of using money
•a cheque for £50
•to write a cheque
•to make a cheque out to sb
•to pay by cheque
•to cash a cheque (= to get or give money for a cheque)
see also ↑blank cheque, ↑traveller's cheque
See also: ↑check

Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (originally denoting a counterfoil, or a form with a counterfoil): variant of ↑check ‘to examine something for accuracy’, in the sense ‘device for checking the amount of an item’.

Collocations:
Finance
Income
earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune
make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
build up funds/savings
get/receive/leave (sb) an inheritance/a legacy
live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
get/receive/draw/collect a pension
depend/be dependent on (BrE) benefits/(NAmE) welfare/social security
Expenditure
spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
invest/put your savings in…
throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
lose your money/inheritance/pension
use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
pay (in) cash
use/pay by a credit/debit card
pay by/make out a/write sb a/accept a (BrE) cheque/(US) check
change/exchange money/currency (BrE) traveller's cheques/(US) traveler's checks
give/pay/leave (sb) a deposit
Banks
have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
credit/debit/pay sth into/take money out of your account
deposit money/funds in your account
withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
(formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
find/go to/use (especially NAmE) an ATM/(BrE) a cash machine/dispenser
be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
Personal finance
manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially BrE) sort out your finances
plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
offer/extend credit (to sb)
arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
pay for sth in (especially BrE) instalments/(NAmE usually) installments
Financial difficulties
get into debt/financial difficulties
be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
run out of/owe money
face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
can't afford the cost of…/payments/rent
fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
incur/run up/accumulate debts
tackle/reduce/settle your debts

Example Bank:
•Can I write you a cheque?
•Cheques must be supported by a cheque guarantee card.
•Cheques should be made payable to Toyland plc.
•Does the restaurant accept cheques?
•He bounced three cheques last month.
•He drew a large cheque on his company's account.
•He was fired for passing bad cheques.
•I need to go to the bank to pay this cheque in.
•I'll cash a cheque at the bank.
•Shall I make the cheque out to you?
•She deposited the cheque in her husband's account.
•The cheque will bounce if your salary doesn't reach your account today.
•They presented a cheque for $500 000 to the Red Cross.
•a cheque for ten pounds