noun. a sudden stop; abrupt halt; any restraint or control put upon action; a person or thing that restrains or controls; a supervision of accuracy, efficiency, etc.

check n. An action or influence that stops motion or expression; a restraint: Heavy rains were a check on the army's advance

check or cheque, bill of exchange (see draft draft, in banking, order by one party to another party to pay a stated sum to the person or firm in whose favor the draft is made.

In games such as chess, shogi, and xiangqi, a check is an immediate threat to capture the king (or general in xiangqi). A king so threatened is said to be in check. In the following move, the player whose king is in check must get his king out of check, if it is possible. Either the threat must be stopped (by interposing a piece between the threatening piece and the king, or capturing the threatening piece) or the king must be moved to a space where it is no longer in check.Getting out of check · Types of checks · Notation and ...

A written order instructing a bank to pay upon its presentation to the person designated in it, or to the person possessing it, a certain sum of money from the account of the ...

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ask (someone) for a rain check (American, informal) I'll take a rain check - something that you say when you cannot accept someone's invitation to do something but you would like ...