bounced cheque
Returned bank draft
A bounced cheque is one that a bank refuses to honor because the account lacks sufficient funds to cover it.
The cheque metaphorically bounces back to the recipient unpaid.
Also called a returned cheque or, in American spelling, bounced check.
The landlord was furious about the bounced cheque.
- hot checkDraft with insufficient funds
- drawerSliding furniture compartment
- bad checkUnfunded written payment
- insufficient fundsLacking required money
- bank feesCosts for account services
written notice · civil liability · NSF · float · stop payment · overdraft · endorser · debt · court summons · legal action · payee · debt collection · collection agency · credit score · signature verification · rubber check · forgery · financial hardship
- cheques
bounced chequecash payment
Transaction using physical currency
certified cheque · cashier's cheque · bank draft · direct deposit · wire transfer
bounced chequecertified funds
Bank-verified payment amount
certified cheque · cashier's cheque · cash in hand · money order · secure payment
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