Checking Account

A check that bears the bank's stamp, indicating that it has cleared.

• check
• canceled check
• cashier's check
• certified check

A written order to a bank to pay the stated amount to the person or business (Payee) named on it.

• check
• canceled check
• certified check
• cashier's check

A check written by a bank on its own funds.

• check
• canceled check
• cashier's check
• certified check

A personal check that the bank guarantees to be good.

• check
• canceled check
• certified check
• cashier's check

An account that lets you withdraw portions of your deposited funds at any time.

• demand deposit
• overdraft
• special endorsement
• blank endorsement

A check written for more money than your account contains.

• blank endorsement
• special endorsement
• overdraft
• restrictive endorsement

The signature of the payee written on the back of the check exactly as the name appears on the front of the check.

• restrictive endorsement
• blank endorsement
• special endorsement
• reconciliation

An endorsement that transfers the right to cash the check to someone else.

• special endorsement
• blank endorsement
• restrictive endorsement

An endorsement that restricts or limits the use of a check.

• special endorsement
• blank endorsement
• restrictive endorsement

A request that the bank not cash a specific check.

• stop penalty order
• demand check order
• stop payment order
• special payment order