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 |
attendance check | a call of students' names in a classroom |
authorization authorisation empowerment | the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant |
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 |
check chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something |
authority authorization authorisation sanction | official permission or approval, authority for the program was renewed several times |
authority authorization authorisation potency dominance say-so | the power or right to give orders or make decisions, he has the authority to issue warrants, deputies are given authorization to make arrests, a place of potency in the state |
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 |
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 |
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 |
mandate authorization authorisation | a document giving an official instruction or command |
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 |
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 |
parity bit parity check bit | (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a or is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 's or an even number of 's, e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 's must contain an error |
free hand blank check | freedom to do as you see fit, many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack |
arrest check halt hitch stay stop stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption, the negotiations were in arrest, held them in check, during the halt he got some lunch, the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow, he spent the entire stop in his seat |
crack check break f | become fractured, break or crack on the surface only, The glass cracked when it was heated |