Cheque

Morpheme

Cheque

Type

free base

Denotation

voucher, mark

Etymology

variant of check, from Middle English cheken, checken; Old French eschec, eschek, eschequier; Medieval Latin scaccus; Arabic shāh

Evidence

chequable, cheque, chequeless, cheques, chequewriter, Eurocheque, paycheque

Notes

preferred British spelling

See Also

Check