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Definition of Cheques
1. cheque [n] - See also: cheque
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheques
Literary usage of Cheques
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications to Social by John Stuart Mill (1896)
"As for the merchants and larger dealers, they habitually make all payments in
the course of their business by cheques. They do not, however, all deal with ..."
2. Commentary on the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Victoria, Cap. 61) by W. D. Thorburn (1882)
"Crossed cheques (a). (a.) Crossing of cheques was only introduced at the end of
last century, and owed its origin to a practice of some of the private ..."
3. The elements of political economy by Henry Dunning Macleod (1858)
"In Scotland the system of bank notes chiefly prevails; and cheques are of more
recent ... In this country, cheques have very greatly superseded bank uotes, ..."
4. Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius by Maurice Powell, Henry Roscoe (1891)
"The process of presenting cheques through the banker's clearing house, is described
in the special verdict, in Warwick v. Rogers, 5 M. & Or. 340, 348. ..."
5. Socialism: New and Old by William Graham (1890)
"And if the State produces all desirable things, or nearly all now procurable with
money, and if on presenting labour cheques in sufficient number I can ..."
6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"The first cheques which were submitted to me were marked " Barclay's Patent ...
I immersed one of the cheques in a dilute solution of hypochlorite of ..."
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