Cheque

A written order from one party (the drawer) to another (the drawee, normally a bank) requiring the drawee to pay a specified sum on demand to the drawer or to a third party specified by the drawer.

Cheques are widely used for settling debts and withdrawing money from banks.

Note: US spelling of cheque is "check".

See also

• Bank cheque
• Bill of exchange
• Cash letter
• Cheque clearing
• Cheque truncation
• Clearing float
• Country items
• Draft
• Drawee bank
• Drawer
• Electronic check (US)
• Magnetic ink character recognition
• Mail float
• Money order
• Payee
• Payor
• Substitute check (US)
• Transit routing number (US)
• Payments and payment systems