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chequebook

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈt͡ʃɛk.bʊk/
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  • rhymes with -ʊk

1

noun

Meaning 1

A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a book issued to holders of checking accounts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: checkbook

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: record

History

Etymology

From cheque + book.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دَفْتَر شِيكَات (daftar šīkāt) — folder containing cheques
  • Arabic: دَفْتَر شِيكَات (daftar šēkāt) — folder containing cheques
  • Belarusian: чэ́кавая кні́жка (čékavaja knížka) — folder containing cheques
  • Bulgarian: че́кова кни́жка (čékova knížka) — folder containing cheques
  • Catalan: talonari de xecs — folder containing cheques
  • Chinese Cantonese: 支票簿 — folder containing cheques
  • Chinese Mandarin: 支票簿 (zhīpiàobù) — folder containing cheques
  • Czech: šeková knížka — folder containing cheques
  • Danish: checkhæfte — folder containing cheques
  • Dutch: chequeboek — folder containing cheques
  • Dutch: chequeboekje — folder containing cheques
  • Estonian: tšekiraamat — folder containing cheques
  • Finnish: šekkivihko — folder containing cheques
  • Finnish: shekkivihko — folder containing cheques
  • French: carnet de chèques — folder containing cheques
  • French: chéquier — folder containing cheques
  • Galician: chequeira — folder containing cheques
  • German: Scheckbuch — folder containing cheques
  • German: Scheckheft — folder containing cheques
  • Greek: βιβλίάριο επιταγών (vivlíário epitagón) — folder containing cheques
  • Hebrew: פִּנְקַס צֶ׳קִים (pinkás chékim) — folder containing cheques
  • Hungarian: csekkfüzet — folder containing cheques
  • Icelandic: ávísanahefti — folder containing cheques
  • Irish: seicleabhar — folder containing cheques
  • Italian: libretto degli assegni — folder containing cheques
  • Japanese: 小切手帳 (kogittechō) — folder containing cheques
  • Japanese: チェックブック (chekkubukku) — folder containing cheques
  • Korean: 수표책 (supyochaek) — folder containing cheques
  • Korean: 수표장 (supyojang) — folder containing cheques
  • Latvian: čeku grāmatiņa — folder containing cheques
  • Lithuanian: čekių knyga — folder containing cheques
  • Macedonian: чековна книшка (čekovna kniška) — folder containing cheques
  • Norman: chètchi — folder containing cheques
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjekkhefte — folder containing cheques
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjekkhefte — folder containing cheques
  • Iranian Persian: دَسْتِهٔ چِک (daste-ye ček) — folder containing cheques
  • Polish: książeczka czekowa — folder containing cheques
  • Portuguese: talão de cheques — folder containing cheques
  • Portuguese: livro de cheques — folder containing cheques
  • Romanian: carnet de cecuri — folder containing cheques
  • Russian: че́ковая кни́жка (čékovaja knížka) — folder containing cheques
  • Serbo-Croatian: чековна књижица — folder containing cheques
  • Serbo-Croatian: čekovna knjižica — folder containing cheques
  • Slovak: šeková knižka — folder containing cheques
  • Slovene: čekovna knjižica — folder containing cheques
  • Spanish: chequera — folder containing cheques
  • Swahili: kitabu cha hundi — folder containing cheques
  • Swedish: checkhäfte — folder containing cheques
  • Ukrainian: че́кова кни́жка (čékova knýžka) — folder containing cheques
  • Welsh: llyfr siec — folder containing cheques