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check an order [2 records]

Record 1 2008-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Finance
CONT

An order cheque restricts the payment made to a particular beneficiary. For that reason the chances of any fraudulent attempt on an order cheque is less likely. An order cheque also gives the comfort to the issuer that payment has been made to the intended beneficiary.

CONT

Order checks are the types of bank checks which are payable only to the name of the payee indicated in the checks.

CONT

An order check ... begins with "Pay to the order of".

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • cheque to order
  • check to order
  • cheque payable to order
  • check payable to order

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Finances
DEF

Chèque payable à une personne dénommée ou à son ordre avec ou sans clause expresse «à ordre» et transmissible par la voie de l'endossement.

CONT

La banque admet sa responsabilité pour un chèque à ordre qui a été volé et qu'elle a payé sur un faux endossement [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Finanzas
DEF

[Cheque] que puede transmitirse por endoso.

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Record 2 1996-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipping and Delivery
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Inventory and Material Management
CONT

...even on a rush/expedite order, the process takes eleven days: one day for the [Regional Distribution Center] to notify the [Central Distribution Center] it needs parts; five days for the CDC to check, pick, and dispatch the order; and five days for the RDC to officially receive and shelve the goods, and then pick and pack the customer's order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Expédition et livraison
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
CONT

Même quand la commande est urgente, le processus n'exige pas moins de onze jours: il faut un jour au [Centre de Distribution Régional] pour notifier au [Centre de Distribution Central] qu'il a besoin de certaines pièces; cinq jours au CDC pour vérifier, assembler et expédier la commande; cinq jours enfin au CDR pour réceptionner et entrer les produits en magasin puis les collecter et préparer le colis destiné au client.

Spanish

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