honor check



honor someone's check

to accept someone's personal check in payment of an obligation. The clerk at the store wouldn't honor my check. I had to pay cash. The bank didn't honor your check when I tried to deposit it. Please give me cash.
See also: check, honor

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Maxen-Welsh (Anglicized)
Numitor-Roman Mythology
PubliusPUWB-li-uws (Ancient Roman), PUB-lee-əs (English)Ancient Roman
KimberleyKIM-bər-leeEnglish
Tugay-Turkish
Agapitoah-gah-PEE-toSpanish, Italian