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Record 1 2012-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Banking
DEF

A device (as a machine) that imprints figures or amounts on the faces of bank checks or drafts in such a way (as by perforation or embossing) as to prevent fraud by alteration or erasure.

OBS

The preferred Canadian spelling form is "cheque," not "check."

Key term(s)
  • check writing machine
  • cheque writing machine
  • cheque-writing machine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Banque
DEF

Machine servant à préparer des chèques et, plus particulièrement, à inscrire le montant de ces derniers de manière à en prévenir l'altération.

Key term(s)
  • protectographe
  • machine à rédiger les chèques

Spanish

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