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شِيك
cheque /ʃiːk/
nounB1#1968 most common
Also: check (bank draft), written payment order
Example sentences
هٰذَا شِيك.
This is a cheque.
كَتَبْتُ شِيكاً لِأَخي.
I wrote a cheque for my brother.
أَعْطاني شِيكاً بِمِئَةِ دولار.
He gave me a cheque for a hundred dollars.
هَل تَقْبَلونَ الدَّفْعَ بِشِيك؟
Do you accept payment by cheque?
صَرَفْتُ الشِّيكَ في البَنْكِ صَباحَ أَمْس.
I cashed the cheque at the bank yesterday morning.
رَفَضَ البَنْكُ الشِّيكَ لِعَدَمِ وُجودِ رَصيدٍ كافٍ في الحِساب.
The bank refused the cheque because there were insufficient funds in the account.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شِيكٌ | شِيكاتٌ |
| Genitive | شِيكٍ | شِيكاتٍ |
| Accusative | شِيكاً | شِيكاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا شِيك | يا شِيكات |
Word family
شِيكاتcheques
شِيك سِياحيtraveller's cheque
شِيك مَصرِفيbanker's cheque
دَفْتَر الشِّيكاتchequebook
Etymology
شِيك is a loanword from English "cheque" (also spelled "check"). The English word traces back through French to a term from chess meaning a threat to the king. Arabic borrowed it for banking, and the sound and form stayed close to the source.
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