Phrase Hound found 98 phrases and 30 compound words that contain checks. The most common are listed below. Open checks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 98
- checks and balancesA system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.
- background checksplural of background check: A report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history.
- Personal checks
- cashiers' checksplural of cashier's check: A check guaranteed by a bank, drawn on the bank's own funds and signed by a cashier.
- Credit checks
- checks outthird-person singular simple present indicative of check out: To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
- checks the maththird-person singular simple present indicative of check the math: To verify the source or accuracy of something.
- bad checksplural of bad check: A check/cheque written against a bank account with insufficient funds to pay the bearer the amount of the check.
- counter checksplural of counter check: A check (draft) that is printed ex tempore, as for an accountholder who has no printed checks available to him.
- double-checksthird-person singular simple present indicative of double-check: To check a second time; to check twice with extra caution or attention; to verify or make sure.
- wellness checksplural of wellness check: A visit made by law enforcement to a person's residence in response to a request that they check in on a person and their well-being.
- travelers' checksplural of traveler's check: A check (draft), requiring a specimen signature and a countersignature; this is usually prepaid and drawn against the bank's own funds, rather than drawn against the signatory's account.
- checks notesUsed to express confusion about two or more pieces of contradictory or nonsensical information.
- bounced checksplural of bounced check: A check that has been rejected by the bank against which it is drawn for insufficient funds.
- cyclic redundancy checksplural of cyclic redundancy check: A type of hash function that produces a checksum used to detect and correct transmission errors in data.
- B checksplural of B check: An aircraft maintenance check performed approximately every 6 to 8 months.
- back-checksthird-person singular simple present indicative of back-check: To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.
- bed checksplural of bed check: In a dormitory, as in the military or at a children's campground or in a boarding school, an inspection after bedtime by authorities to ensure that everyone is present and in his or her bed.
- blue checksplural of blue check: A Twitter user whose account was verified by Twitter as authentic (i.e. not a parody or imposter account) and deemed to be of public interest prior to this system's replacement by a paid verification scheme in early …
- body checksplural of body check: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, check.
- bug checksplural of bug check: An error that occurs when an operating system halts, because it has reached a condition where it can no longer operate safely.
- certified checksplural of certified check: A check (cheque) for which the bank verifies that sufficient funds exist in the account to cover the check, and so certifies, at the time the check is written.
- checks offthird-person singular simple present indicative of check off: To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified …
- checks overthird-person singular simple present indicative of check over: To read or inspect, looking for errors or problems.
- checks playIn blackjack, an announcement made by the dealer when a player bets more than (some fixed) amount, or when a player suddenly changes their bet size.
Compound words 30
- checksumsplural of checksum: A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.
- paychecksplural of paycheck: A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.
- airchecksplural of aircheck: A demonstration recording, often intended to show off the talent of an announcer to a prospective employer.
- backchecksthird-person singular simple present indicative of backcheck: To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.
- bluechecksplural of bluecheck: A Twitter user whose account was verified by Twitter as authentic (i.e. not a parody or imposter account) and deemed to be of public interest prior to this system's replacement by a paid verification scheme in early …
- bodychecksplural of bodycheck: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, check.
- bugchecksplural of bugcheck: An error that occurs when an operating system halts, because it has reached a condition where it can no longer operate safely.
- buttchecksplural of buttcheck: The act of putting one's behind down to check a fall, while staying sliding along the snow on the snowboard.
- ChecksfieldA surname
- checksideAlternative form of check side: A sidespin of the cue ball which makes it bounce off the cush, or off another ball, at a shallower angle than normal.