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
Takumitah-koo-meeJapanese
Maryannemer-ee-AN, mar-ee-ANEnglish
Sullivan['sʌlivən]
Itzal-Basque
Khariton-Russian
Angilberct-Ancient Germanic