rubber checks

Payments that bounce

A rubber check is an informal term for a check that is not honored because the account on which it is drawn does not contain sufficient funds to cover it.

If someone issues rubber checks, they write checks that they know will not be honored.

banking

bounced

Returned after hitting surface

dishonored · bank fees · account balance · clearinghouse · stop payment · payment reversal · deposit account · reconciliation · available balance · negative balance

unreliability

untrustworthy

Not deserving of confidence

irresponsible · sketchy · shady · dodgy · dubious · broke · cash-strapped · overextended · poor credit · risky

fraud

kiting

Airborne recreation or fraud

scam · swindle · criminal · prosecution · felony · misdemeanor · paperhanger · defrauding · embezzlement · restitution

Categories
Opposites
financial validity

rubber checkscash

Ready spending funds

certified check · certified checks · cashier's check · cashier's checks · money order

trustworthiness/reliability

rubber checkssound money

Fiscally stable legal tender

hard currency · sure thing

payment reliability

rubber checkshard currency

Physical money, not digital

legal tender · cold hard cash · good money

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G