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  • n  a written order directing a bank to pay money
  • v  withdraw money by writing a check

  • Apart from a hefty pay cheque, what could these matches mean to the non-Indian players? What Australian, South African or New Zealander grows up dreaming of representing Jaipur .
  • Straightway the cheque was deposited as "The Jeremiah Smith Hungarian Scholarship Fund.
  • "The President thought that if he were elected he could say that the people at a solemn referendum had voted him a blank cheque to control our world relations without Congress.
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  • Mitt Romney in ReportonBusiness.com
    Speaking Thursday morning amid growing signs of gridlock in Congress, Mr. Romney said, "There's no question but that if you just write a cheque, you're going to see these companies go out of business ultimately."
  • Nancy Pelosi in BBC News
    Democrats are not going to give the President a blank cheque for a war without end,said Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
  • Sandra Day O Connor in CBC.ca
    A state of war is not a blank cheque for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens,wrote Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

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