See cheque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "am",
"2": "ቼክ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Amharic: ቼክ (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Amharic: ቼክ (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "شِيك",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "šēk, šīk"
},
"expansion": "→ Arabic: شِيك (šēk, šīk)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Arabic: شِيك (šēk, šīk)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "afb",
"2": "چيك",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "cek"
},
"expansion": "→ Gulf Arabic: چيك (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Gulf Arabic: چيك (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "չեկ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Armenian: չեկ (čʻek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Armenian: չեկ (čʻek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Asturian: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Asturian: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "be",
"2": "чэк",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Belarusian: чэк (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Belarusian: чэк (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "চেক",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: চেক (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: চেক (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "chekenn",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Breton: chekenn",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Breton: chekenn"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bulgarian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "ချက်",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Burmese: ချက် (hkyak)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Burmese: ချက် (hkyak)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "xec",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: xec",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: xec"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "šek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: šek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: šek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "check",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: check",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: check"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "tšekk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Estonian: tšekk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Estonian: tšekk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "sekki",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: sekki, šekki, shekki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: sekki, šekki, shekki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "chèque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: chèque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: chèque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ჩეკი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: ჩეკი (čeḳi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ჩეკი (čeḳi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Scheck",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Scheck",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Scheck"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "צֵ׳ק",
"3": "שֵׁיְק",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "chéq",
"tr2": "shéq"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: צֵ׳ק (chéq), שֵׁיְק (shéq)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: צֵ׳ק (chéq), שֵׁיְק (shéq)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "चेक",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: चेक (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: चेक (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "csekk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: csekk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: csekk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "tékki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Icelandic: tékki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Icelandic: tékki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "seic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Irish: seic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Irish: seic"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kk",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kazakh: чек (çek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kazakh: чек (çek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ky",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: чек (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kyrgyz: чек (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ເຊັກ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lao: ເຊັກ (sek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lao: ເຊັກ (sek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "čeks",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: čeks",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latvian: čeks"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "čekis",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: čekis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: čekis"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "cek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: cek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: cek"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "cek"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: cek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: cek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "चेक",
"bor": "1",
"sc": "Deva"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: चेक (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: चेक (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mn",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mongolian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mongolian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "chèque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norman: chèque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norman: chèque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Northern Kurdish: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: sjekk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "chèc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Occitan: chèc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Occitan: chèc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "چک",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ček"
},
"expansion": "→ Persian: چک (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Persian: چک (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "czek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: czek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: czek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "cec",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: cec",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: cec"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "чек",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Cyrillic script: чек",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cyrillic script: чек"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "ček",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Latin script: ček",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin script: ček"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sk",
"2": "šek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovak: šek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovak: šek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "ček",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovene: ček",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovene: ček"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "cheki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: cheki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: cheki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "check",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: check",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: check"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tajik: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tajik: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "చెక్కు",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: చెక్కు (cekku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: చెక్కు (cekku)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "เช็ค",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: เช็ค (chék)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: เช็ค (chék)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkish: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkish: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tk",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkmen: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkmen: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "چیک",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "cek"
},
"expansion": "→ Urdu: چیک (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Urdu: چیک (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "chek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: chek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: chek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "séc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: séc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Vietnamese: séc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "siec",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: siec",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: siec"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A variant of check influenced in spelling by exchequer.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cheques",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "cheque (plural cheques)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"lang_code": "en",
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
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"orig": "en:Banking",
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"Finance",
"Industries",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
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"word": "bank cheque"
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{
"word": "blank cheque"
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{
"word": "bounced cheque"
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{
"word": "chequable"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "e-cheque"
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{
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},
{
"word": "girocheque"
},
{
"word": "paycheque"
},
{
"word": "pay cheque"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "traveller's cheque"
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"text": "I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.",
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"ref": "1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, published 1920, page 62:",
"text": "They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.",
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},
{
"text": "1999, Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean, 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126,\nSometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or cheques paid into the account.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Eric Tyson, Tony Martin, Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies:",
"text": "You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "2009, R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, page 206,\nThe daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.",
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}
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"(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity."
],
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "tjek"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "am",
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"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "ቼክ"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "شِيك"
},
{
"code": "hy",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "չեկ"
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{
"code": "ast",
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"word": "cheque"
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{
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"word": "talón"
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{
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"word": "чэк"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "cek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "চেক"
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{
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"word": "chekenn"
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"word": "ချက်"
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{
"code": "yue",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "fr",
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],
"word": "chèque"
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{
"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "ჩეკი"
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{
"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Scheck"
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{
"code": "el",
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"word": "επιταγή"
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{
"code": "gu",
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"roman": "cek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ચેક"
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{
"alt": "hamkha`á",
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"word": "הַמְחָאָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
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"masculine"
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"word": "צֵ׳ק"
},
{
"code": "he",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "שֵׁיְק"
},
{
"code": "hi",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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{
"code": "hi",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चेक"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "csekk"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ávísun"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tékki"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "cek"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seic"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assegno"
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{
"alt": "こぎって",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "小切手"
},
{
"code": "ja",
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"word": "チェック"
},
{
"code": "kk",
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"word": "чек"
},
{
"code": "km",
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"word": "សែក"
},
{
"code": "km",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "មូលប្បទានបត្រ"
},
{
"alt": "手票",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "수표"
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{
"code": "kmr",
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{
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"word": "чек"
},
{
"code": "lo",
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"roman": "sek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "ເຊັກ"
},
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "lt",
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"word": "čekis"
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"code": "mk",
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"word": "чек"
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{
"code": "ms",
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{
"code": "mr",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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],
"word": "चेक"
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "чек"
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{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "chèque"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sjekk"
},
{
"code": "oc",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ps",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "چک"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "چک"
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"code": "pdt",
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schekj"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cheque"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "cec"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чек"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "чек"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ček"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šek"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ček"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cheque"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talón"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "cheki"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "check"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "tseke"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "tsek"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "чек"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "cekku",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "చెక్కు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chék",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "เช็ค"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "çek"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "çek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чек"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "cek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "چیک"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "chëk",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "چېك"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "chek"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "séc"
},
{
"alt": "支票",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "chi phiếu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "siec"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "tshek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טשעק"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "chĕk"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃɛk/"
},
{
"audio": "EN-AU ck1 cheque.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/EN-AU_ck1_cheque.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_cheque.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/EN-AU_ck1_cheque.ogg"
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{
"homophone": "check"
},
{
"homophone": "Czech"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "check"
}
],
"word": "cheque"
}
{
"etymology_text": "A variant of check influenced in spelling by exchequer.",
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"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "cheque (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "chequy"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "56 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Amharic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "51 49",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Pashto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "51 49",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 335:",
"text": "George PARK of FULFORDLIES, descended of the Family of Parkswells, carries Or, a Fesse Cheque, Gules and Argent; between Three Bucks Heads cabossed, all within a Border of the 2d; Motto, Providentia me committo.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1779, Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull, The Peerage of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 137:",
"text": "Arms. Argent, a chevron cheque, gules, and of the field, between three bugle horns, sable , garnished of the second, plate 40.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1797, Thomas Langley, The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough, and Deanery of Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire: Including the Borough Towns of Wycombe and Marlow, and Sixteen Parishes, page 442:",
"text": "Parted per pale gules and or, a lion rampant intercharged inter 3 fleurs de lys. 2. A saltire cheque gules and or inter 3 escallop shells gules. 2 Argent, within a bordure azure, semé de fleur de lis or, parted per chevron ermine[…]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1820, John Chambers, A General History of Worcester, page 148:",
"text": "... : several escutcheons of arms are dispersed about her, and her kirtle, or inward drapery thus blazoned; Or. a fret gules, and others on her mantle, Or. cheque, gules, and azure, a talbot is couchant at her feet.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of chequy."
],
"id": "en-cheque-en-adj-gZqSgS3w",
"links": [
[
"chequy",
"chequy#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"not-comparable",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "chĕk"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃɛk/"
},
{
"audio": "EN-AU ck1 cheque.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/EN-AU_ck1_cheque.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_cheque.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/EN-AU_ck1_cheque.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "check"
},
{
"homophone": "Czech"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "check"
}
],
"word": "cheque"
}
{
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛk",
"Rhymes:English/ɛk/1 syllable",
"Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"Terms with Albanian translations",
"Terms with Amharic translations",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Asturian translations",
"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Belarusian translations",
"Terms with Bengali translations",
"Terms with Breton translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Burmese translations",
"Terms with Cantonese translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Gujarati translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Kazakh translations",
"Terms with Khmer translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
"Terms with Lao translations",
"Terms with Latvian translations",
"Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Marathi translations",
"Terms with Mongolian translations",
"Terms with Norman translations",
"Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Occitan translations",
"Terms with Pashto translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swahili translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tagalog translations",
"Terms with Tajik translations",
"Terms with Telugu translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Turkmen translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Urdu translations",
"Terms with Uyghur translations",
"Terms with Uzbek translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"Terms with Yiddish translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "bank cheque"
},
{
"word": "blank cheque"
},
{
"word": "bounced cheque"
},
{
"word": "chequable"
},
{
"word": "cheque book"
},
{
"word": "chequebook"
},
{
"word": "cheque card"
},
{
"word": "chequeless"
},
{
"word": "cheque, please"
},
{
"word": "chequewriter"
},
{
"word": "cross cheque"
},
{
"word": "crossed cheque"
},
{
"word": "e-cheque"
},
{
"word": "Eurocheque"
},
{
"word": "girocheque"
},
{
"word": "paycheque"
},
{
"word": "pay cheque"
},
{
"word": "rain cheque"
},
{
"word": "rubber cheque"
},
{
"word": "traveller's cheque"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "am",
"2": "ቼክ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Amharic: ቼክ (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Amharic: ቼክ (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "شِيك",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "šēk, šīk"
},
"expansion": "→ Arabic: شِيك (šēk, šīk)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Arabic: شِيك (šēk, šīk)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "afb",
"2": "چيك",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "cek"
},
"expansion": "→ Gulf Arabic: چيك (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Gulf Arabic: چيك (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "չեկ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Armenian: չեկ (čʻek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Armenian: չեկ (čʻek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Asturian: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Asturian: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "be",
"2": "чэк",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Belarusian: чэк (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Belarusian: чэк (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "চেক",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: চেক (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: চেক (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "chekenn",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Breton: chekenn",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Breton: chekenn"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bulgarian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "ချက်",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Burmese: ချက် (hkyak)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Burmese: ချက် (hkyak)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "xec",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: xec",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: xec"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "šek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: šek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: šek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "check",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: check",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: check"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "tšekk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Estonian: tšekk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Estonian: tšekk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "sekki",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: sekki, šekki, shekki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: sekki, šekki, shekki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "chèque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: chèque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: chèque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ჩეკი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: ჩეკი (čeḳi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ჩეკი (čeḳi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Scheck",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Scheck",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Scheck"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "צֵ׳ק",
"3": "שֵׁיְק",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "chéq",
"tr2": "shéq"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: צֵ׳ק (chéq), שֵׁיְק (shéq)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: צֵ׳ק (chéq), שֵׁיְק (shéq)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "चेक",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: चेक (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: चेक (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "csekk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: csekk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: csekk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "tékki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Icelandic: tékki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Icelandic: tékki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "seic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Irish: seic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Irish: seic"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kk",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kazakh: чек (çek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kazakh: чек (çek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ky",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: чек (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kyrgyz: чек (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ເຊັກ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lao: ເຊັກ (sek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lao: ເຊັກ (sek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "čeks",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: čeks",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latvian: čeks"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "čekis",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: čekis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: čekis"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "cek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: cek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: cek"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "cek"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: cek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: cek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "चेक",
"bor": "1",
"sc": "Deva"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: चेक (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: चेक (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mn",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mongolian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mongolian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "chèque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norman: chèque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norman: chèque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Northern Kurdish: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: sjekk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "chèc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Occitan: chèc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Occitan: chèc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "چک",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ček"
},
"expansion": "→ Persian: چک (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Persian: چک (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "czek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: czek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: czek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "cec",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: cec",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: cec"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "чек",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Cyrillic script: чек",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cyrillic script: чек"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "ček",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Latin script: ček",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin script: ček"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sk",
"2": "šek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovak: šek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovak: šek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "ček",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovene: ček",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovene: ček"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "cheque",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: cheque",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: cheque"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "cheki",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: cheki",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: cheki"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "check",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: check",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: check"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tajik: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tajik: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "చెక్కు",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: చెక్కు (cekku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: చెక్కు (cekku)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "เช็ค",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: เช็ค (chék)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: เช็ค (chék)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkish: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkish: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tk",
"2": "çek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkmen: çek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkmen: çek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "чек",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: чек (ček)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: чек (ček)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "چیک",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "cek"
},
"expansion": "→ Urdu: چیک (cek)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Urdu: چیک (cek)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "chek",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: chek",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: chek"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "séc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: séc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Vietnamese: séc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "siec",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: siec",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: siec"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A variant of check influenced in spelling by exchequer.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cheques",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cheque (plural cheques)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"Commonwealth English",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Irish English",
"en:Banking"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, published 1920, page 62:",
"text": "They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "1999, Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean, 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126,\nSometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or cheques paid into the account.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Eric Tyson, Tony Martin, Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies:",
"text": "You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "2009, R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, page 206,\nThe daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity."
],
"links": [
[
"draft",
"draft"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity."
],
"tags": [
"Commonwealth",
"Ireland",
"UK"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "chĕk"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃɛk/"
},
{
"audio": "EN-AU ck1 cheque.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/EN-AU_ck1_cheque.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_cheque.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/EN-AU_ck1_cheque.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "check"
},
{
"homophone": "Czech"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "check"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "tjek"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "çek"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "ቼክ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šēk, šīk",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شِيك"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʻek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "չեկ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cheque"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talón"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "çek"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чэк"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "cek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "চেক"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chekenn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чек"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hkyak",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "ချက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xec"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taló"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zi¹ piu³",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "支票"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīpiào",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "支票"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "check"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cheque"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "ĉeko"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "tšekk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "sekki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "šekki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chèque"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cheque"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talón"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čeḳi",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "ჩეკი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Scheck"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epitagí",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "επιταγή"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "cek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ચેક"
},
{
"alt": "hamkha`á",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הַמְחָאָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "chéq",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צֵ׳ק"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shéq",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שֵׁיְק"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "huṇḍī",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "हुंडी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चेक"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "csekk"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ávísun"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tékki"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "cek"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seic"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assegno"
},
{
"alt": "こぎって",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kogitte",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "小切手"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chekku",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "チェック"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "çek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "чек"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "saek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "សែក"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "muulappaʼtiənaʼ bat",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "មូលប្បទានបត្រ"
},
{
"alt": "手票",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "supyo",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "수표"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "çek"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "cek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "чек"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "ເຊັກ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "čeks"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "čekis"
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "чек"
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"word": "sjekk"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"code": "ps",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"word": "چک"
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "چک"
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"word": "Jeltzadel"
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"code": "pdt",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "czek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cheque"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "cec"
},
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"masculine"
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"word": "чек"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"masculine"
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"word": "чек"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ček"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cheque"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talón"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "cheki"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
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"word": "check"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "tseke"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "tsek"
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"code": "tg",
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"roman": "ček",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "чек"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "cekku",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "చెక్కు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chék",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "เช็ค"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "çek"
},
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"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "çek"
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"lang": "Urdu",
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
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"word": "چیک"
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"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "chëk",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "چېك"
},
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "chek"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "séc"
},
{
"alt": "支票",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"word": "chi phiếu"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
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"word": "siec"
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"sense": "a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "chequy"
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"ref": "1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 335:",
"text": "George PARK of FULFORDLIES, descended of the Family of Parkswells, carries Or, a Fesse Cheque, Gules and Argent; between Three Bucks Heads cabossed, all within a Border of the 2d; Motto, Providentia me committo.",
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{
"ref": "1779, Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull, The Peerage of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 137:",
"text": "Arms. Argent, a chevron cheque, gules, and of the field, between three bugle horns, sable , garnished of the second, plate 40.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1797, Thomas Langley, The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough, and Deanery of Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire: Including the Borough Towns of Wycombe and Marlow, and Sixteen Parishes, page 442:",
"text": "Parted per pale gules and or, a lion rampant intercharged inter 3 fleurs de lys. 2. A saltire cheque gules and or inter 3 escallop shells gules. 2 Argent, within a bordure azure, semé de fleur de lis or, parted per chevron ermine[…]",
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{
"ref": "1820, John Chambers, A General History of Worcester, page 148:",
"text": "... : several escutcheons of arms are dispersed about her, and her kirtle, or inward drapery thus blazoned; Or. a fret gules, and others on her mantle, Or. cheque, gules, and azure, a talbot is couchant at her feet.",
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"ipa": "/t͡ʃɛk/"
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