counter check
noun
a blank check available in a bank for the use of a depositor in making a withdrawal from that bank.
Origin of counter check
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Words nearby counter check
Example sentences from the Web for counter check
They dominated without possibility of counter-check and an entire generation tolerated this condition during that terrible period.
The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic |Ernesto QuesadaThe 80th captured the gun, and the enemy, dismayed by this counter-check, did not venture to press on further.
This as counter-check to his tendency to flee, leaving me in sole charge.
The Land of Footprints |Stewart Edward WhiteThe "counter-check quarrelsome" would have been welcome enough.
Captain Desmond, V.C. |Maud Diver