A fee for ordering the printing of company checks. It is an expense and is reported on a company’s balance sheet .
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CHECK ROUTINE
The checking or testing of a procedure, process, or system, at regular and methodical intervals, to evaluate and report operational conditions at that interval.
CHECK STUB
A check’s portion retained as a record by the check writer; for account keeping purposes, such as the stub part of a payroll check. The stub has an area for […]
CHECK-BOOK
A book containing blank checks on a particular bank or banker, with an inner margin, called a “stub,” on which to note the number of each check, its amount and […]
CHECK-IN
Formal registering process of one’s arrival at an airline for boarding a flight, or at a hotel for a stay and to claim a room .
CHECK-OFF SYSTEM
This term applies to the deduction of union dues from a persons wages that are collected and then given to the union concerned.
CHECK-ROLL
In English law . A list or book, containing the names of such as are attendants on, or in the pay of. the queen or other great personages, as their […]
CHECK, N
A draft or order upon a bank or banking-house, purporting to be drawn upon a deposit of funds, for the payment at all events of a certain sum of money […]
CHECK, V
To control or restrain; to hold within bounds. To verify or audit Particularly used with reference to the control or supervision of one department, bureau, or office over another.
CHECKABLE DEPOSITS
Available money allocated to one’s checking account, in a bank or financial institution , allowing the account owner to write a check or draft against that available amount in the […]
CHECKED BAGGAGE
Before boarding an aircraft, this is a traveler’s luggage given to the baghandlers of the airline . This luggage is expected to be carried in the cargo compartment of the […]
CHECKER
The old Scotch form of exchequer
CHECKSHEET
Vehicle to record raw data. It is custom-designed for a user to easily read and interpret the results of an activity or process. It is one of the seven tools […]
CHECKSUM
A documented, pre-planned, mathematically- computed value using a group of data being transmitted that is transferred along with the data. A receiving device compares the checksum with its own computation […]
CHECKWRITING PRIVILEGE
Certified right to write checks against the amount held in a mutual fund . It is a service offered to account-holders. A minimum value for a written checks against an […]
CHEFE
In Anglo-Norman law. Were or weregild; the price of the head or person, (icapitis prctium.)
CHEMERAGE
In old French law. The privilege or prerogative of the eldest. A provincial term derived from chcmicr, (q. v.) Guyot, Inst.
CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE REGISTRATION NUMBER (CAS#)
Unique number assigned to a specific chemical and matched as identified by its chemical name . This number is assigned by the American Chemical Society and indexed in Chemical Abstracts […]
CHEMICAL ACCIDENT
Accident involving either the release or misuse of a hazardous or toxic substance during processing, handling, storage, or transportation of said substance.
CHEMICAL AGENT
A substance that produces an effect when mixed with or applied to another substance.
CHEMICAL ANTIDOTE
Substance that neutralizes another substance. Converts a toxic substance into a harmless compound by reacting with the toxic substance.
CHEMICAL BURN
Damage to body tissue caused by contact with a chemical substance. Damage is usually severe. The substance is often concentrated or a strong acid, such as sulfuric acid, or an […]
CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION
A needed substance is rendered as unfit for its intended use by the presence of unwanted substances in the mix.
CHEMICAL DISASTER
An accident that is severe and involves a chemical substance. Large-scale damage usually results, causing injuries and loss of many animals, plants, or humans, as well as the destruction of […]
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Contact or exposure to a chemical substance by touching, breathing, eating or drinking. This exposure is usually harmful in nature. Different degrees of danger can result with varying symptoms due […]