chequebook
part of speech
noun (a chequebook, chequebooks); US spelling: checkbook
meaning for a pupil
1) (money) A small book of printed forms (cheques) that a bank gives to a customer; you write on a cheque to pay someone from your bank account. tree →
2) (informal) Used to mean paying money to solve a problem, as in «chequebook journalism». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and money lessons it shows how adults used to pay before cards and phones: write the amount in numbers and words, sign it, and the bank moves the money. Fewer people use chequebooks now, but some still do for bills and gifts. Phrases: «write a cheque», «chequebook and pen».
examples
- Grandma took out her chequebook to pay the plumber. tree →
- A chequebook has cheques you tear out along the dotted line. tree →
- We practised writing a cheque in words and numbers. tree →
- Dad hardly ever uses his chequebook now; he pays by phone. tree →
- In the USA it is spelled "checkbook". tree →
- She keeps her chequebook in a safe drawer. tree →
- My birthday cheque came from Grandpa's chequebook. tree →
note
UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand spell it «cheque»; the USA uses «check», so «checkbook». Countable: chequebooks. Maths: the amount on a cheque is written twice, in figures (£25.50) and in words (twenty-five pounds and fifty pence), to stop mistakes and cheating.
Trees and pragmatics
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