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• Blank cheque — This article is about the metaphor. For other uses, see Blank cheque (disambiguation). A blank cheque (blank check, carte blanche), in the literal sense, is a cheque that has no numerical value written in, but is already signed. In the figurative …   Wikipedia

• cheque — S2 BrE check AmE [tʃek] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: check, influenced by exchequer] a printed piece of paper that you write an amount of money on, sign, and use instead of money to pay for things cheque for ▪ They sent me a cheque for £100. by… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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• Advance-fee fraud — African sting An advance fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain.[1] Among the variations on this type of scam are the Nigerian Letter (also… …   Wikipedia

• Bank fraud — is the use of fraudulent means to obtain money, assets, or other property owned or held by a financial institution. In many instances, bank fraud is a criminal offense. While the specific elements of a particular banking fraud law vary between… …   Wikipedia

• Sidney Stanley — Sidney (or Sydney) Stanley ( né Solomon Wulkan, alias Solomon Koszyski,Wade Baron (1966) p. 161] alias Stanley RechtandWade Baron (1966) p. 136] , later Schlomo ben ChaimWade Baron (1966) p. 246] ) (1899/1905 [Wade Baron (1966) at p. 63 claims… …   Wikipedia

• chenille — noun (U) twisted thread with a surface like a soft brush, or cloth made from this and used for decorations, curtains etc cheque /tSek/ noun (C) BrE one of a set of printed pieces of paper that you can sign and use instead of money to pay for… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive and for Forming the LegCo in 2012 — Participants HK Govt., LegCo, Pan democrats, pro Beijing camp Location Hong Kong Date 18 November 2009 – June 2010 Result …   Wikipedia

• Joseph Rotblat — Infobox Scientist name = Joseph Rotblat KCMG CBE FRS image size = 130px caption = ID badge photo from Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1944. birth date = birth date|1908|11|4|df=y birth place = Warsaw, flagicon|POL Poland, death date = Death date… …   Wikipedia

• Rizwanur Rahman — Infobox Person name = Rizwanur Rahman birth date = 1977 birth place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India flagicon|India death date = September 21 2007 death place = Kolkata education = occupation = Computer graphics trainer spouse = Priyanka Todi… …   Wikipedia