Is Cheque Also Called Check?
Cheque and check appear in British English, and check appears in American English. In British English, cheque refers to a document used to pay from a person's account. For other contexts, Brits usually use check.
Can Cheque be called check?
Cheque is the British English spelling for the document used for making a payment, whereas American English uses check.
Check vs. Cheque: Is There a Difference? | Merriam-Webster
What called check?
A check is a written, dated, and signed instrument that directs a bank to pay a specific sum of money to the bearer. The person or entity writing the check is known as the payor or drawer, while the person to whom the check is written is the payee. The drawee, on the other hand, is the bank on which the check is drawn.
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Why is Cheque called check?
Etymological dictionaries attribute the financial meaning to come from "a check against forgery", with the use of "check" to mean "control" stemming from a check in chess, a term which came into English through French, Latin, Arabic and ultimately from the Persian word shah, or "king".
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