Meaning

noun a written order directing a bank to pay money

verb withdraw money by writing a check

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tek- Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati Proto-Iranian *xšáyati Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ) Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ) Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor. Arabic شَاه (šāh)bor. Medieval Latin scaccusder. Old French eschecbor. Middle English chek English check ▲ English exchequerinflu.? English cheque From check, possibly influenced by exchequer. First attested in the 1790s.

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