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
Golyat-Biblical Hebrew
Alva (1)-Swedish, Norwegian
RosemaryROZ-mə-reeEnglish
Christopher['kristəfə]
Geraldine['dʒerəldi:n]
Fruma-Yiddish