bank check

a check that the holder of a checking account draws on a bank for payment.

Origin of bank check

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Remittances should be made, if possible, by Bank-check or Postal money-order.

The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX |Various
If you'll wait thirty days you'll get a bank-check or cash, just as they choose.

Blue Goose |Frank Lewis Nason
The enclosed slip was a bank-check, duly stamped and endorsed.

The House that Jill Built |E. C. Gardner
Herman took a bank-check from his pocket and handed it to his host.

The Queen Of Spades |Alexander Sergeievitch Poushkin

Remittances should be made, if possible, by Bank-check or by Postal money-order.

The Nursery, No. 109, January, 1876, Vol. XIX. |Unknown