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An anonymous donor got out his chequebook and kept the organization from going under.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
chequebook — UK [ˈtʃekˌbʊk] / US noun [countable] Word forms chequebook : singular chequebook plural chequebooks a book of cheques • get your chequebook out … English dictionary
chequebook — noun Chequebook is used before these nouns: ↑journalism … Collocations dictionary
Chequebook journalism — (or checkbook journalism in American English) is the form of journalism where the essential characteristic is that the journalist pays the subject of the work money for the right to publish his story. The phrase chequebook journalism is often… … Wikipedia
chequebook journalism — noun News, articles, etc based on information bought, usu at a high price • • • Main Entry: ↑cheque * * * chequebook journalism UK US noun [uncountable] the practice of paying people a lot of money for information that can be used in newspaper… … Useful english dictionary
chequebook journalism — n [U] BrE when newspapers get material for articles by paying people a lot of money for information about crimes or the private lives of famous people used to show disapproval … Dictionary of contemporary English
chequebook diplomacy — noun Negotiations where financial considerations are the most important element • • • Main Entry: ↑cheque … Useful english dictionary
chequebook — noun A folder containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account … Wiktionary
chequebook — (BE) see checkbook * * * (BE) see checkbook … Combinatory dictionary
chequebook — cheque|book BrE checkbook AmE [ˈtʃekbuk] n a small book of cheques that your bank gives you … Dictionary of contemporary English
chequebook — cheque|book [ tʃek,buk ] the British spelling of checkbook … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
