| 单词 | cheque-book |
| 释义 | > as lemmascheque-book cheque-book n. formerly a book in which the Bank kept a register of ‘cheques’, i.e. draft forms, issued to its customers (see quot. 1765 at sense 2); now, a book containing engraved cheque forms with their counterfoils, supplied by a bank to its customers; also attributive or quasi-adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > cheque > chequebook cheque-book1847 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiii. 112 I've shown my gratitude to Sedley..as my check-book can show. 1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone 26 His Lordship began to feel for a checque-book. 1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel 1st Ser. I. xxi Some people leave everything about; their cheque-books wide open; their tradesmen's urgent reminders. 1919 J. L. Garvin Econ. Found. Peace xv. 365 Their cheque-book philosophy..their insistence on the peace of profit instead of the peace of justice. 1963 New Statesman 24 May 786/1 Newspapers..should..come to a self-denying ordinance to abandon the cheque-book journalism of confession stories by criminals, prominent divorcees and others who have won notoriety. < as lemmas |
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