bad cheque
bouncing check

He had paid for the boat with a bad cheque.

Although of course he hadn't paid me yet, except with a bad cheque.

When a bad cheque is written, the following consequences may occur:

When a bad cheque is negotiated, the recipient of the check may choose to take action against the writer.

He compared the Declaration of Independence to a bad cheque.

Steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of a bad cheque include:

His partner was caught with the goods purchased with the bad cheques and handed Ryan over to the police.

A central register of information blacklisted certain people, particularly those who passed bad cheques and placed fraudulent overseas orders.

The bank has credited my account with the £20 they mistakenly charged me for a bad cheque that was actually from someone else's account.

Bad cheque passing has risen by 87 per cent and drunken driving by 205 per cent.

In 1956 Ryan appeared in court for passing bad cheques in Dandenong.

Iron also alleges that Extreme has often knowingly paid performers with bad cheques, and often pays performers late.

The reasons for receipt of bad cheques mostly has to do with the party issuing the cheque not having enough funds available in the withdrawal or checking-account.

He knew that every month Zuma spent more money than his salary, and that he was writing bad cheques and failing to meet debit card payments.

Before the bad cheque is discovered, the perpetrator goes on a spending spree or obtains cash advances until the newly-"raised" available limit on the card is reached.

At one stage Brown also owned a large property in Naples, Florida, where he lived in the mid-1990s and where he was arrested for writing bad cheques.

The girl and her father arrive, and all is going swimmingly until a stranger calls at the house, claims that the furniture was paid for with a bad cheque, and begins to repossess it.

However, in my view, countries that are intent on a structural deterioration of their deficit by, for example, making out bad cheques, like France, should, in my view, be given a yellow card in future, with good reason.

A booster cheque is a fraudulent or bad cheque used to make a payment to a credit card account in order to "bust out" or raise the amount of available credit on otherwise-legitimate credit cards.

In 1996, he pleaded guilty to 16 charges for offences in Edmonton, including assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, fraud for writing bad cheques totalling $10,000 to supermarkets and possession of a stolen vehicle.

An NSF cheque is often referred to as a bad cheque or dishonored cheque, or more colloquially, a bounced cheque, cold cheque, rubber cheque, returned item, or hot check.

"He says that he's going to have to start bouncing checks," she said.

"It would be like signing a bouncing check," he said.

The programs allow them to avoid the inconvenience of bouncing checks.

"My bank manager says I need ten thousand pounds in right now, just to stop them bouncing checks."

The purpose is to keep holders from bouncing checks.

He and his publisher settled out of court, but it was as if a bank president had been charged with bouncing checks.

I avoid bouncing checks, so overdraft fees are not something that concerns me.

Arrested for bouncing checks, she lost her apartment.

I'm familiar with the vagaries of bouncing checks.

Dawn reappeared in the third season, when she had been in trouble with the law for writing bouncing checks.

She has been charged with bouncing checks and was on probation in Florida for five years for grand theft.

By 1964, Freedomland was bouncing checks, and it soon filed for bankruptcy.

Without a minimum balance requirement, people may be careless about keeping enough in their accounts to avoid bouncing checks.

Another candidate initially registered for the election, but was rejected on 8 January 2011 due to a bouncing check:

Its theme was bouncing balls, bouncing checks and "Bounce the Democrats."

"Rubbergate isn't only about bouncing checks," Mr. Conway told voters.

Many participants are already more comfortable with money orders, the group says, and since money orders are prepaid, there is no risk of bouncing checks.

He was "a recidivist of the worst kind," who left behind a trail of bad debts, bouncing checks and landlords left in the lurch.

She served in the House from 1977 to 1993, losing her seat after many House members were accused of repeatedly bouncing checks on the House bank.

Keith fancied himself a superagent and international man of mystery, but he was not above bouncing checks, forging signatures or endorsing phony bills.

But the security blanket lasted only two months before Waldo Hammersmith was at his credit limit, and he went back to bouncing checks again every so often.

"It's more than bouncing checks and free lunches," Mr. Quayle said, referring to two recent furors on Capitol Hill.

Liz's conviction was based in large part that the couple were experiencing severe financial hardship, that Liz was bouncing checks and had drained their checking account.

Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern's "Pick Yourself Up" is now a song about bouncing checks and seeking solace in shopping.