Check
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Check may refer to:
- Cheque (spelled check in American English), an order for transfer of money
- Bill (payment), also sometimes referred to as a check
- Tick (checkmark), a mark used for verification or notation
- Rain check, an agreement to provide to a customer an item that a merchant has run out of
- Checking (ice hockey), the act of physically keeping an opponent restrained
- Declining to bet in a game of poker
- Poker chip, less commonly referred to as a check
- A small crack in the glass, also known as a check, in the glass container industry
- Tartan, a checked patern in fabric and weaving
In chess and other boardgames of the chaturanga family, check may refer to:
- Check (board game), a threat to capture the king or general
- Cross-check, in chess, a check played in reply to a check
- Checkmate, a situation in which the king is checked and there is no way to meet that threat
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