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
Berenicebər-NEES (English), ber-ə-NEE-see (English), be-re-NEE-che (Italian)English, Italian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Gro-Norwegian
Horsa-Ancient Germanic
LiisiLEE:-see (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
Anslow['ænsləu]
LeberechtLE-be-rekhtGerman