Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book containing blank checks on a bank or banker, or on the cashier of a business establishment.
- noun A book in which items of control are entered.
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Examples
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China's open check-book has not been welcomed by all.
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How about check-book balancing, how to avoid predatory lenders, the scams of rent-to-own, avoiding high interest rate credit cards, and so many more money traps for the poor.
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Dad gets up, storms into his study, and comes out with a check-book—one of the new ones from the NatWest Bank, with furry little beavers on it.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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Dad gets up, storms into his study, and comes out with a check-book—one of the new ones from the NatWest Bank, with furry little beavers on it.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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Dad gets up, storms into his study, and comes out with a check-book—one of the new ones from the NatWest Bank, with furry little beavers on it.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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In liberal land the wage-bunny uses a magic check-book that doesn't actually take money *from* any place at all.
You judge the new Tina Fey skit spoofing Sarah Palin. Ann Althouse 2008
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Dad gets up, storms into his study, and comes out with a check-book—one of the new ones from the NatWest Bank, with furry little beavers on it.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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Democrats gave a open check-book for the past two years for Bush!
The bailout revolt 2008
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Blind spots are why bank robbers have been known to write stick-up notes on the back of their very own check-book receipts!
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In liberal land the wage-bunny uses a magic check-book that doesn't actually take money *from* any place at all.
You judge the new Tina Fey skit spoofing Sarah Palin. Ann Althouse 2008
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