cheque
noun
[ tʃɛk ]
• an order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account, written on a specially printed form.
• "they presented him with a cheque for £4,000"
Origin:
early 18th century (originally denoting a counterfoil, or a form with a counterfoil): variant of check1, in the sense ‘device for checking the amount of an item’.
