checks (noun)

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• checks and balances — noun plural a political system in which no single part of a government can become too powerful, because it needs the agreement of the other parts for its actions to be legal a. a system that limits power within a group or organization …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• checks and balances — noun plural Date: 1787 a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• checks and balances — noun A system for multiple parties wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others …   Wiktionary

• checks and balances — UK / US noun [plural] a system that limits power within a political system, group, or organization in which no single part of it can become too powerful, because it needs the agreement of the other parts for its actions to be legal …   English dictionary

• rain check — noun 1. a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future • Hypernyms: ↑promise 2. a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain • Hypernyms: ↑stub, ↑ticket stub… …   Useful english dictionary

• houndstooth — /ˈhaʊndztuθ/ (say howndztoohth) adjective 1. printed, decorated, or woven with a pattern of broken checks. –noun 2. a pattern of contrasting jagged checks. Also, hound s tooth. {hound1 + s1 + tooth} …  

• body-check — n. & v. Sport n. a deliberate obstruction of one player by another. v.tr. obstruct in this way. * * * bodˈy check noun (sport) A deliberate obstruction of an opposing player s movements, permitted in eg lacrosse and ice hockey, not in soccer… …   Useful english dictionary

• shepherd's check — noun or shepherd check or shepherd s plaid or shepherd plaid 1. : a pattern of small even black and white checks 2. : a fabric woven in shepherd s check pattern * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• ball valve — noun any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball • Hypernyms: ↑valve * * * noun 1. : a valve in which a ball fits into a spherical seat and regulates the aperture by its rise and fall due to fluid pressure, to a spring, or to its own… …   Useful english dictionary

• cashier's check — noun a check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person) cashier s checks are as good as cash • Syn: ↑treasurer s check, ↑cashier s cheque, ↑treasurer s cheque • Hypernyms: ↑check, ↑bank check, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• double check — noun something that checks the correctness of a previous check • Syn: ↑countercheck • Derivationally related forms: ↑double check • Hypernyms: ↑assay, ↑check * * * noun Etymolog …   Useful english dictionary