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Cheque vs Eft - What's the difference?

cheque | eft |

As nouns the difference between cheque and eft

is that cheque is a draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity while eft is a newt, especially the European smooth newt (species: Triton punctatus).

As an adverb eft is

again; afterwards.

As an initialism EFT is

emotional Freedom Technique.

cheque

English

Alternative forms

* check (US)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
  • I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.
  • * 1848 , (John Stuart Mill), (Principles of Political Economy) , 1920, page 62,
  • They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.
  • * 1999 , Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean , 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126,
  • Sometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque' number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or ' cheques paid into the account.
  • * 2007 , Eric Tyson, Tony Martin, Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies , unnumbered page,
  • You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.
  • * 2009 , R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice , Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, page 206,
  • The daily cheque' clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their ' cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from cheque) * bank cheque * cheque book, chequebook * bounced cheque * crossed cheque * paycheque * rain cheque * traveller's cheque

    References

    * * 'Check' at EtymOnline English terms derived from Persian ----

    eft

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) efeta, of unknown origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A newt, especially the European ).
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.10:
  • *:Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […].
  • Usage notes
    The term ).
    Derived terms
    * red eft

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) eft, from (etyl) . Compare after, aft.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (label) Again; afterwards
  • *14thC , (Geoffrey Chaucer), '' in ''(The Canterbury Tales) ,
  • *:Were I unbounden, all so may I the, / I woulde never eft come in the snare.
  • *1384 , (John Wycliffe), , ii, 1,
  • *:And eft he entride in to Cafarnaum, aftir eiyte daies.
  • *:
  • *:Than syr bedwere retorned ageyn & took the swerde in hys hande / and than hym thought synne and shame to throwe awaye that nobyl swerde / and so efte he hydde the swerde and retorned ageyn and tolde to the kyng that he had ben at the water and done his commaundemente
  • *1557 , , ,
  • *:And when they were all gone, / And the dim moon doth eft withhold the light,
  • Derived terms
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