| blank check |
a bank check with the signature, but not the amount, filled in, leaving the payee free to set the amount. [2 definitions] |
| cashier's check |
a check drawn by a bank on its own funds and signed by its cashier. |
| certified check |
a check bearing the issuing bank's guarantee that there is enough money on deposit to cover the check. |
| check in |
to say in an official way that you have arrived. You check in at a hotel and at an airport before you fly. |
| check mark |
a mark ( ) placed next to an item to indicate correctness, completion, choice, or other kinds of verification. |
| check off |
to make a mark next to things on a list that are already correct, completed, or not needed anymore. |
| check out |
to pay for something in a store where there are different lines for people to pay. [2 definitions] |
| check up on |
to try to get information about what someone is doing. |
| check-box |
a small empty square printed next to an item on a form, test, or list, to be filled in with a check or other mark to indicate choice or completion. [2 definitions] |
| check-cashing card |
a card given by a store. It allows a person to write a check to buy something from that store. |
| check-in |
the act or an instance of registering, as at a hotel. |
| checkout |
the place where one pays for items at a supermarket or other large store. |
| counter check |
a check available at a bank to customers with accounts, for making withdrawals. |
| double check |
to check something twice to make sure that it is correct. |
| double-check |
to verify, as by checking twice; recheck. [2 definitions] |
| hound's-tooth check |
a pattern of jagged checks used esp. in material for clothing. |
| rain check |
a postponement of an accepted invitation or offer, esp. an assurance to a customer that a sale item that is sold out can be purchased later at the reduced price. [2 definitions] |
| rubber check |
a check that is worthless because the account it is drawn on lacks the funds to pay it; check that bounces. |
| side check |
a checkrein that attaches to the bit and extends from the side of a horse's head to the saddle. |
| spell check |
a computer program that checks the spelling in a document. [2 definitions] |