(Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
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.
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.
You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.
chequy
chequy
adj
(heraldry) Chequered.
quahog
quahog
noun
A similar edible clam found along coasts around the North Atlantic, generally in deeper waters, the ocean quahog, black quahog, mahogany clam or Icelandic cyprine, Arctica islandica
An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
The largest size of such an edible clam, generally considered only fit for use in chowders and other clam dishes.
verb
(intransitive) To dig for quahogs.
quaich
quaich
noun
(Scotland, by extension) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy.
(Scotland, historical) A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship. It was originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor.
quaigh
quaigh
noun
Alternative spelling of quaich
quanah
quanah
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA, and the county seat of Hardeman County.
quashi
quashy
quashy
adj
slushy; mushy
quatch
queach
queach
noun
(archaic) A thick, bushy plot; a thicket.
quelch
quelch
noun
(dialectal) A blow; a bang.
verb
(dialect, intransitive) To make a squelching sound.
(transitive) To squelch; to eliminate.
quench
quench
noun
(physics) A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.
(physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.
verb
(transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
(transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
(transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
(transitive, physics) To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.
quetch
quetch
verb
Alternative form of quitch
quethe
quethe
verb
(obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.
quiche
quiche
adj
(slang) Extremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring.
noun
A pie made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as chopped meat or vegetables are often added to the eggs before the quiche is baked.
quinch
quinch
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To stir; to act as if in pain, flinch, wince.
quitch
quitch
noun
Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)
verb
(intransitive) To flinch; shrink.
(intransitive, now UK, regional) To stir; to move.
(transitive, obsolete) To shake (something); to stir, move.
quohog
quohog
noun
Alternative form of quahog
quotha
quotha
intj
(archaic) Forsooth; indeed.
qurush
seqrch
squash
squash
noun
(Britain) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
(biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
(botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
(cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
(obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
(obsolete, countable) Muskrat.
(obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
(obsolete, countable, derogatory) Something unripe or soft.
(slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.