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'''Check''' or '''cheque''', may refer to:
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A '''check''' or '''cheque''' is a ] instructing a ] to pay a specific amount of a specific ] from a specific ] held in the issuer's name with that institution. Both the issuer and payee may be ]s or ].
==Places==
* ]


==Arts, entertainment, and media==
When a party has a bank hold the funds for the amount of a check and guarantee funds will be available for the check to clear, it is referred to as a '']''.
* ], a 2021 Indian Telugu-language film
* ], a 2015 episode of ''The Amazing World of Gumball''
* '']'' (episode), a 1996 TV episode of ''Seinfeld''


===Games and sports===
When a check is designed to allow the person signing it to make an unconditional payment to someone else as a result of paying the account holder for that privilege, it is referred to as a ]. As traveller's checks can usually be replaced if lost or stolen, they are often used by people on vacation in place of cash. The use of ]s has, however, rendered them less important than they previously were; there are few places that do not accept credit cards but do traveller's cheques – in fact, nowadays, many places do not accept the latter.
* ], a threat to capture the king or general
* ], declining to bet
* ], several techniques
* ], less commonly referred to as a check


===Music===
A check sold by a ] or merchant such as a grocery for payment by a third party for a customer is referred to as a ].
* ], 2015
* ], 2015
* "Check", a song by Chris Janson from the album '']''
* "Check", a song by E-40 from the album '']''
* "Check", a song by ]
* "Check", a song by Lil Durk from the album '']''
* "Check", a song by Max Webster from the album '']''
* "Check", a song by Nas and Rick Ross from the soundtrack to '']''
* "Check", a song by ]
* "Check", a song by Qveen Herby from the 2020 '']''
* "Check", a song by Rustic Overtones from the album '']''
* "Check", a song by U.S.D.A. from the album '']''
* "Check", a song by Zebrahead from the album '']''
* "Check (Let's Ride)", a song by Lil' Flip from the album '']''
* ], a New Zealand band


==Computing==
A check issued by a bank on its own account for a customer for payment to a third party is called a ] or a ]. Banks often sell money orders and traveller's checks are usually purchased from banks.
* ], a mobile banking application
* ], a penetration testing certification run by CESG
* ], a type of widget in computing


==Patterns==
An '''order check''' – the most common form in the ] – is payable only to the named payee or his or her ]. A '''bearer check''' is payable to anyone who is in ] of the document, although checks are often crossed a/c payee to restrict payment to the payee.
* ] (or "Chequered"), a pattern of squares such as that used on chess boards, fabrics
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* ], a checked pattern in fabric and weaving
In games such as ], ] and ], a '''check''' is an immediate threat to capture the king. A king so threatened is said to be ''in check''. Either the threat must be stopped (by interposing a piece between the threatening piece and the king) or the king must be moved to a space where he is no longer in check. In chess, if the king is in check and the threat cannot be stopped by interposing a piece, and the king cannot be moved without placing him back into check at the new location (or the king cannot be moved), the king is said to be ]d and the game is over.

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==Other uses==
In ], a '''check''' is declining the option to bet, usually indicated by a vocal utterance or tap on the table.
* ], a symbol used to indicate completion, verification, or selection
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* ], luggage or parcels placed by an airline or train for transportation in the hold or baggage car
] A ]-shaped mark, often in a square, is called a ''check'' or a ''check mark'' in ]. The ] name for this is a ]. The same is true of the verb; although ''check mark'' is not used in this sense, simply ''to mark'' is. Sometimes, ''off'' is added to the verb, thus ''check off'', ''tick off'' or ''mark off''.
* ] ("check" in U.S. English), an order for transfer of money
* Rain check, an ] meaning a deferral
* Check, an ] presented to a diner at the end of a meal

==See also==
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Latest revision as of 23:49, 14 August 2024

Check or cheque, may refer to:

Places

Arts, entertainment, and media

Games and sports

Music

Computing

Patterns

  • Check (pattern) (or "Chequered"), a pattern of squares such as that used on chess boards, fabrics
  • Tartan, a checked pattern in fabric and weaving

Other uses

  • Check mark, a symbol used to indicate completion, verification, or selection
  • Checked baggage, luggage or parcels placed by an airline or train for transportation in the hold or baggage car
  • Cheque ("check" in U.S. English), an order for transfer of money
  • Rain check, an idiom from baseball meaning a deferral
  • Check, an invoice presented to a diner at the end of a meal

See also

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