check
Webster Dictionary
to verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage
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stub
Webster Dictionary
a part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded
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countercheck
Webster Dictionary
to oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check
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certified cheque
(certified check, certified cheque)
Princeton's WordNet
a check containing certification that the person who issued the check has sufficient funds on deposit to cover payment
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certified check
(certified check, certified cheque)
Princeton's WordNet
a check containing certification that the person who issued the check has sufficient funds on deposit to cover payment
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snub
Webster Dictionary
to check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check
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check
Webster Dictionary
to make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check
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certified check
(ˌsɜr tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, sərˌtɪf ə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a check drawn by a bank against funds made available by the depositor authorizing the check.
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rubber check
(ˈrʌb ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a check drawn on an account lacking the funds to pay it; a check that bounces.
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countercheck
Webster Dictionary
a check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover
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check
Webster Dictionary
a mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad
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telltale
Webster Dictionary
a machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted
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stop payment
(ˈstɒp ɪdʒ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
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damper
Webster Dictionary
that which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time
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kite
(ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a worthless or fraudulently written instrument of credit, esp. a check written for an amount greater than that on deposit and covered with another bogus check drawn on a different bank.
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kite
Webster Dictionary
fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill
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countercheck
Webster Dictionary
any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check
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countercheck
(countercheck)
Princeton's WordNet
a check that restrains another check
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dampen
(dampen)
Princeton's WordNet
check; keep in check (a fire)
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checkmate
Webster Dictionary
to check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape
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harness
(rule, harness, rein)
Princeton's WordNet
keep in check
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rule
(rule, harness, rein)
Princeton's WordNet
keep in check
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rein
(rule, harness, rein)
Princeton's WordNet
keep in check
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check
(check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick)
Princeton's WordNet
put a check mark on or near or next to
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restrain
(restrain, keep, keep back, hold back)
Princeton's WordNet
keep under control; keep in check
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check
(check)
Princeton's WordNet
place into check
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check off
(check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick)
Princeton's WordNet
put a check mark on or near or next to
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mark off
(check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick)
Princeton's WordNet
put a check mark on or near or next to
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keep
(restrain, keep, keep back, hold back)
Princeton's WordNet
keep under control; keep in check
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keep back
(restrain, keep, keep back, hold back)
Princeton's WordNet
keep under control; keep in check
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