to kite a cheque

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• kite — vb to pass a worthless cheque ► You wouldn t try to kite a cheque on me, would you? (Budgie, TV series, 1971) …   Contemporary slang

• kite — ► NOUN 1) a toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string. 2) Brit. informal, dated an aircraft. 3) a long winged bird of prey with a forked tail and a soaring flight. 4)… …   English terms dictionary

• kite — ▪ I. kite kite 1 [kaɪt] noun fly a kite to make a suggestion, often an unusual one, to find out what people think of it: • He used his speech to fly a policy kite.   [m0] ▪ II. kite kite 2 verb [intransitive, transitive] …   Financial and business terms

• kite — /kaɪt / (say kuyt) noun 1. a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string. 2. any of various medium sized hawks of the family Accipitridae with long wings and tail as the black kite, Milvus… …  

• kite — kite1 [kaıt] n [: Old English; Origin: cyta] 1.) a light frame covered in coloured paper or plastic that you let fly in the air on the end of one or two long strings 2.) a type of ↑hawk (=bird that eats small animals) 3.) AmE informal an illegal… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• kite — 1 noun (C) 1 a light frame covered in coloured paper or plastic that you let fly in the air on the end of one or two long strings 2 a type of hawk (=bird that eats small animals) 3 AmE informal an illegal cheque 4 fly a kite to make a suggestion… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• kite — noun 1》 a toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string.     ↘Brit. informal, dated an aircraft. 2》 a long winged bird of prey with a forked tail, which frequently soars on… …   English new terms dictionary

• kite — /kaɪt/ noun ♦ to fly a kite to put forward a proposal to try to interest people ■ verb 1. US to write cheques on one account (which may not have any money in it) and deposit them in another, withdrawing money from the second account before the… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• kite — n. & v. n. 1 a toy consisting of a light framework with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string. 2 any of various soaring birds of prey esp. of the genus Milvus with long wings and usu. a forked tail. 3 Brit …   Useful english dictionary

• kite dropper — n an issuer of worthless cheques. Kite has meant a dud cheque or other financial document for the past century. These terms, heard in all anglophone areas, usually refer to professional criminals who specialise in kiting …   Contemporary slang

• kite flyer — n an issuer of worthless cheques. Kite has meant a dud cheque or other financial document for the past century. These terms, heard in all anglophone areas, usually refer to professional criminals who specialise in kiting …   Contemporary slang