uncovered cheque

Many commentators criticized the lists for giving only the names and the numbers of uncovered cheques, while omitting details of the size of individual overdrafts.

With an uncovered cheque, he bought the major part of the stocks of the Transafrican Railways of Angola, in Moçâmedes.

The Member States of the European Union want to reduce their arms spending by means of permanent, structured cooperation, but NATO is signing uncovered cheques for missile defence.

The US Justice Department issued a statement on Dec. 16 on the so-called "Rubbergate" scandal, the revelation that in 1991 that the congressional bank had allowed legislators to write uncovered cheques and, thereby, to run up overdrafts without paying interest or penalties [see also p. 38807].