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minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoBecause it’s a cheque, not a check
minus-squareChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agowhat’s the difference? (genuinely asking, english is not my first language)
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIn British/commonwealth English, a bank draft to send or receive money from someone else is a cheque, pronounced the same as check. Check has lots of other definitions too, in us English you use check for any of them
minus-squareBubbaonthebeach@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoA cheque is money in a different form. A check is a symbol.
Because it’s a cheque, not a check
what’s the difference? (genuinely asking, english is not my first language)
In British/commonwealth English, a bank draft to send or receive money from someone else is a cheque, pronounced the same as check.
Check has lots of other definitions too, in us English you use check for any of them
A cheque is money in a different form. A check is a symbol.