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A crossed cheque generally is a cheque that only bears two parallel transverse lines, optionally with the words 'and company' or '& Co.' (or any abbreviation of them) [clarification needed] on the face of the cheque, between the lines, usually at the top left corner or at any place in the approximate half (in width) of the cheque. [2] In the UK ...
A cheque ( British English) or check ( American English ); is a document that orders a bank, building society (or credit union) to pay a specific amount of money from a person's account to the person in whose name the cheque has been issued. The person writing the cheque, known as the drawer, has a transaction banking account (often called a ...
leaf tip. Ending in a stiff, bristle-like point. asymmetrical. whole leaf. With the blade shape different on each side of the midrib. attenuate. attenuatus. leaf base. Having leaf tissue taper down the petiole to a narrow base and always having some leaf material on each side of the petiole.
A cancel is a bibliographic term for a replaced leaf in a printed book. [1] The technique for this is usually to tear out the rejected leaf and paste a new one to the stub left on the cognate leaf. Alternatively, a false stub (known as a "fold") may be added. The cancelled leaf may be rejected on account of spelling or typing errors, a wording ...
Canceled Checks vs. Returned Checks. A returned check is a check that does not go through because the issuing bank declines it. This could be for varying reasons, but most likely, it is due to the ...
Traveller's cheques are available in several currencies such as US dollars, Canadian dollars, pounds sterling, Japanese yen, Chinese yuan and euros; denominations usually being 20, 50, or 100 (× 100 for yen) of whatever currency, and are usually sold in pads of five or ten cheques, e.g., 5 × €20 for €100. Traveller's cheques do not expire ...
Cheque clearing (or check clearing in American English) or bank clearance is the process of moving cash (or its equivalent) from the bank on which a cheque is drawn to the bank in which it was deposited, usually accompanied by the movement of the cheque to the paying bank, either in the traditional physical paper form or digitally under a cheque truncation system.
US 2-cent stamp of 1870, cancelled with a leaf shape in blue ink. A fancy cancel is a postal cancellation that includes an artistic design.Although the term may be used of modern machine cancellations that include artwork, it primarily refers to the designs carved in cork and used in 19th century post offices of the United States.