The bank had bounced my cheque because some of the funds in the account had not cleared in time.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
cheque — [tʆek] , check noun [countable] BANKING 1. a printed form that you use to pay for something instead of using money. You write on it the amount in words and numbers, the date, the person being paid, and sign your name: • a cheque for £200 … Financial and business terms
Cheque — A Canadian cheque … Wikipedia
Cheque truncation — (check truncation in the United States) is the conversion of physical cheque into electronic form for transmission to the paying bank. Cheque truncation eliminates cumbersome physical presentation of the cheque and saves time and processing costs … Wikipedia
cheque — (BrE) (AmE check) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, fat (informal), large ▪ blank ▪ monthly ▪ bad … Collocations dictionary
cheque — A preprinted form on which instructions are given to an account provider (a bank or building society) to pay a stated sum to a named recipient. It is a common form of payment of debts of all kinds ( current account). In a crossed cheque two… … Accounting dictionary
bounced — adj. Bounced is used with these nouns: ↑cheque … Collocations dictionary
Dunlop cheque — bounced cheque (returned to smb.); rubber … Dictionary of Australian slang
a cheque bounces/is bounced — ► if a cheque bounces, or is bounced, the bank refuses to pay it because there is not enough money in the account: »The bank had bounced my cheque because some of the funds in the account had not cleared in time. Main Entry: ↑cheque … Financial and business terms
a cheque bounces — a cheque bounces/is bounced ► if a cheque bounces, or is bounced, the bank refuses to pay it because there is not enough money in the account: »The bank had bounced my cheque because some of the funds in the account had not cleared in time. Main… … Financial and business terms
dunlop cheque — Australian Slang bounced cheque (returned to smb.); rubber … English dialects glossary
