cashier's check

Bank-issued payment guarantee

A cashier's check is a check guaranteed by a bank rather than an individual account holder.

The bank withdraws funds from the payer's account and issues the check from its own funds, making it more secure than a personal check.

Cashier's checks are often required for large transactions like home purchases or car sales: They asked for a cashier's check at closing.

instrument

money order

Prepaid negotiable instrument

promissory note

parties

payee

Person owed payment

beneficiary · account holder · payor · endorser · depositor · recipient · purchaser · maker

uses

escrow

Conditional third-party deposit

business transaction

process

issuance

Official release or distribution

deposit · presentment · verification · funds transfer · encashment · negotiation · collection · processing · availability · redemption

security

guaranteed

Promised with certainty

backed · secure · watermark · authentic · tamper-proof · traceable

Categories
Opposites
payment security/guarantee

cashier's checkpersonal check

Written order to pay

rubber check · bad check · bounced check · hot check · IOU

payment tangibility/form

cashier's checkcryptocurrency

Encrypted decentralized money

mobile payment · electronic funds transfer · wire transfer

payment instrument formality

cashier's checkcash

Ready spending funds

pocket money · loose change · handshake deal · Venmo · PayPal

Family

check, checked, checking, cashier, checks, checkered, checker, paycheck, checkmate

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