Cheque Glossary

Cheque Glossary

What Is a Cheque Leaf?

One individual cheque from a cheque book. Counting them correctly matters when you set up printing.

22 Jul 2026

Cheque Glossary

What Is a Self Cheque?

A cheque you write to yourself to withdraw cash from your own account. Effectively a withdrawal slip you can hand to someone else.

22 Jul 2026

Cheque Glossary

What Is a Stale Cheque?

A cheque presented after its validity period has run out. The bank returns it unpaid, and the debt behind it does not disappear.

22 Jul 2026

Cheque Glossary

What Is a Post-Dated Cheque (PDC)?

A cheque dated in the future. Standard for rent and instalments across the Gulf and India, and a scheduling problem if you issue many.

22 Jul 2026

Cheque Glossary

What Is an Account Payee Cheque?

The tightest form of crossing. The money can only reach the named payee's own bank account — it cannot be cashed or passed on.

22 Jul 2026

Cheque Glossary

What Is an Order Cheque?

Strike out "or bearer" and the cheque becomes payable only to the named payee. One pen stroke, materially safer.

22 Jul 2026

Cheque Glossary

What Is a Bearer Cheque?

A bearer cheque is payable to whoever presents it at the bank. Convenient, and the riskiest kind of cheque to lose.

22 Jul 2026

Cheque Glossary

What Is a Crossed Cheque?

A crossed cheque can only be paid into a bank account, never handed over as cash. Two parallel lines across the corner are what make the difference.

14 Jul 2026