🇬🇧 Chequebook meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A chequebook is a small paper book that your bank gives you. Inside it are many blank cheques with your name and bank details already printed on them. When you want to pay someone, you write the date, the person’s name, the amount of money, and then sign your name on a cheque from your chequebook. The person can then take that cheque to the bank to get the money from your account. It’s a way to pay without using cash or coins.

Our teacher showed us a chequebook and said, "This is how grown‑ups say ouch without screaming."

I opened Mom’s chequebook and discovered it was just a very fancy way of writing, "Goodbye, money."

Dad hid his chequebook so well that even he needs a treasure map to find it again.

Grandpa waved his chequebook and said, "I can buy snacks for everyone," and the whole family suddenly loved chequebooks.

When the wind blew the chequebook away, Dad ran faster than when pizza is delivered.

She pulled the coat from the chair and found a chequebook in the pocket. Her hands shook; the last cheque in the chequebook lay blank. She smiled, wrote a small cheque, tore it from the chequebook and gave it to the baker. The baker hugged her; the chequebook saved his day. She slid the chequebook back into the coat, relieved.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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