For additional protection, a cheque can be crossed, which restricts the use of the cheque so that the funds must be paid into a bank account.

I'll pay by cheque.

I'll pay by cheque.

A signature of the drawer was required to authorise the cheque and this is the main way to authenticate the cheque.

In some cases, the payee will take the cheque to a branch of the drawee bank, and cash the cheque there.

Tom wrote Mary's name as the cheque payee.

The drawer would sign the cheque in front of the retailer, who would compare the signature to the signature on the card and then write the cheque guarantee card number on the back of the cheque.

A payee that accepts a cheque will typically deposit it in an account at the payee's bank, and have the bank process the cheque.

Photo by Tito Cheque Djalma on Facebook (used with permission)

Not transferable by cheque , but withdrawable on demand without interest penalty

So fingers crossed.

He crossed the street.

He crossed the street.

Tom crossed the street.

I crossed the street.

They crossed the border.

They've crossed the border.

She crossed the street.

She crossed her legs.

He crossed his arms.

She crossed her arms.

Tom crossed his fingers.

Tom crossed the room.

Tom crossed his legs.

Tom crossed his arms.

Tom crossed the bridge.

He crossed the river.

My fingers are crossed.

Tom crossed the border.

Mary crossed her legs.

Tom crossed the river.

Cheques are counted on the payee 's side when submitted for cheque clearing .

Cheques are counted on the payee 's side when submitted for cheque clearing .

They crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

The cat crossed the street.

I crossed the dark street.

Let's keep our fingers crossed.

It never crossed my mind.

Tom crossed the border illegally.

Tom crossed the border illegally.

That never crossed my mind.

We kept our fingers crossed.

Cheque is a written order from one party ( the drawer ) to another ( the drawee

And we've crossed our first threshold.

I crossed the river by boat.