check-in | the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel) |
check checkout check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
checkup medical checkup medical examination medical exam medical health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king |
discovered check | a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop |
check | obstructing an opponent in ice hockey |
poke check | knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick |
identity theft | the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge |
attendance check | a call of students' names in a classroom |
bridle check curb | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess, his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper |
check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard), she wore a skirt with checks |
houndstooth check hound's-tooth check dogstooth check dogs-tooth check dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
identity personal identity individuality | the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity, you can lose your identity when you join the army |
gender identity | your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female, awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence |
check chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something |
identity identicalness indistinguishability | exact sameness, they shared an identity of interests |
hindrance hinderance deterrent impediment balk baulk check handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
assay check | an appraisal of the state of affairs, they made an assay of the contents, a check on its dependability under stress |
countercheck double check | something that checks the correctness of a previous check |
identity | the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known, geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it, it was too dark to determine his identity, she guessed the identity of his lover |
confirmation verification check substantiation | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct, fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory |
bed check | a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be |
parity check redundancy check odd-even check | a system of checking for errors in computer functioning |
cyclic redundancy check | an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data |
biometric identification biometric authentication identity verification | the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics, negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification, if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot |
card identity card | a card certifying the identity of the bearer, he had to show his card to get in |
check register | a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order) |
stub check stub counterfoil | the part of a check that is retained as a record |
check chit tab | the bill in a restaurant, he asked the waiter for the check |
rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain |
check mark check tick | a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc., as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name |
check character | a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission |
rain check | a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future |
reality check | an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world, this program is intended as a reality check for CEOs, after all those elaborate productions, I felt in need of a reality check |
identity matrix unit matrix | a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity |
check girl hatcheck girl | a female checker |
traveler's check traveller's check banker's check | a letter of credit issued by a bank or express company that is payable on presentation to any correspondent of the issuer |
overdraft credit check overdraft credit | credit provided by a bank in honoring a customer's overdrafts |
check bank check cheque | a written order directing a bank to pay money, he paid all his bills by check |
bad check bad cheque | a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds, issuing a bad check is a form of larceny |
counter check | a blank check provided by a bank for the convenience of customers who are making withdrawals |
paycheck payroll check | a check issued in payment of wages or salary |
certified check certified cheque | a check containing certification that the person who issued the check has sufficient funds on deposit to cover payment |
personal check personal cheque | a check drawn against funds deposited in your personal checking account |
cashier's check treasurer's check cashier's cheque treasurer's cheque | a check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person), cashier's checks are as good as cash |
blank check blank cheque | a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank |
disability check disability payment | a monthly payment made to someone who has become disabled and is unable to work |
medicare check medicare payment | a check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care |
old-age pension retirement pension retirement check retirement benefit retirement fund superannuation | a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work |