cold check

A written order to a bank for a certain amount of funds that has been dishonored, either because such funds are not available or because the given checking account does not exist. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. A lot of cold checks have been circulating in the area lately, claiming to be from the local university; in reality, they are scams trying to swindle people out of money.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ysolt	-	Arthurian Romance
Alexia	ə-LEK-see-ə (English)	French, English (Modern)
Seth	[seθ]
Lilavati	-	Indian, Hindi (Rare)
Magdalena	mahg-dah-LE-nah (Polish), mahk-dah-LE-nah (German), MAHG-dah-le-nah (Finnish), mag-da-LAY-na (English)	Polish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Occitan, Slovene, Czech, Bulgarian, Mace
Pascal	pas-KAHL (French), pahs-KAHL (Dutch)	French, German, Dutch