| 单词 | to cut a cheque |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut a cheque a. to cut a cheque: to fill out or write a cheque to pay for something; (also more generally) to pay out money.Probably arising from the practice of cutting or tearing individual cheques from a chequebook. Π 1974 Benton (Arkansas) Courier 18 Mar. 2/2 Mrs. Downing had personally solicited the money each year for the [Christmas] lights and had cut a check of her own every year to defray the expense. 2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Oct. b10/2 She noted how quickly the government ‘cut a $15 billion bailout check’ for the airlines. to cut (a person) a cheque b. to cut (a person) a cheque: to fill out or write a cheque to (a person); (also more generally) to pay money to. Π 1980 Pop. Sci. Dec. 144/1 (advt.) Send us back the unit and we'll cut you a check as soon as it arrives. 1995 National (Canad. Bar Assoc.) June 28/2 Within the next two weeks, your client should cut him a cheque for $6,000. 2009 Vanity Fair Feb. 146/3 He was convinced they needed large amounts of capital, and there was no way..that he could simply cut them a check without punishing their shareholders and executives. < as lemmas |
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