cheque

Example Sentences

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But first he wants to try to clear his own student debt - by repaying £75 on top of the £250 that already comes out of his pay cheque every month.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Last year, Coldplay donated 10% of the proceeds of their UK tour to the fund; while Sam Fender handed over his £25,000 Mercury Prize cheque to small venues.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

He bid and won the house, giving a cheque of £90,000 for the deposit.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

The Nobel economics prize consists of a diploma, a gold medal and a $1.2 million cheque.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Every master had a book of Quarter-Stars and a book of Stripes, and these had to be filled in and signed and torn out exactly like cheques from a cheque book.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl