CHEQUE, CHECK

CHEQUE, CHECK

In British English, the forms that people use to pay money from their bank accounts are called cheques.

1. Mrs Bradley wrote a cheque and gave it to the vicar.

In American English, this word is spelled check.

2. She had been receiving a check for six hundred dollars a month.

• In American English, a check can also be a bill in a restaurant.

3. I signaled to the waitress for the check.