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S vs Cheque - What's the difference?

s | cheque |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun cheque is

check (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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 ----