{
    "term": "cheque",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a printed form that you can write on and sign as a way of paying for something instead of using money",
            "sensetop": "cheque for…by cheque",
            "labels": "(informal)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English)(US English)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(informal)(informal)especially North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can I write you a cheque?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shall I make the cheque out to you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to cash a cheque *(= to get or give money for a cheque)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cheque for £50",
                    "contextForm": "cheque for…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to pay by cheque",
                    "contextForm": "by cheque"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We no longer accept payment by cheque."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cheques should be made payable to Toyland plc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Does the restaurant accept cheques?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He bounced three cheques last month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He drew a large cheque on his company's account."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was fired for passing bad cheques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need to go to the bank to pay this cheque in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll cash a cheque at the bank."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She deposited the cheque in her husband's account."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cheque will bounce if your salary doesn't reach your account today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They presented a cheque for $500 000 to the Red Cross."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cheque for ten pounds"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "fat", "large"],
                "verb + cheque/​check": ["issue", "make out", "sign"],
                "cheque/​check + verb": ["bounce", "clear"],
                "cheque/​check + noun": ["account", "card", "guarantee card"],
                "preposition": ["cheque for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃek/",
                "audio": "ch/cheque/cheque__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃek/",
                "audio": "ch/cheque/cheque__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 18th cent. (originally denoting a counterfoil, or a form with a counterfoil): variant of check ‘to examine something for accuracy’, in the sense ‘device for checking the amount of an item’."
}