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Check

A bill of exchange representing a draft on a bank from deposited funds that pays a certain sum of money to a certain person or party.

Check

A document in which the writer orders his/her bank to pay to the receiver of the check a stated amount of money. For example, Joe may write Andrew a check for $10. In doing so, Joe is signing a document stating that he wishes to give Andrew $10, that it is available in Joe's bank, and Andrew can receive it from there. Andrew can either go to Joe's bank, present the check, and collect $10, or he may go to his own bank to deposit the check into his own account. In that case, Andrew's bank contacts Joe's bank and collects the $10 that way. Checks can be for any amount. See also: Check hold.

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Scotland Yard confirmed yesterday that Savile's DNA had been checked against unsolved crimes and no matches made.

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John Vine, the independent chief inspector of the UKBA, found about 500,000 Eurostar passengers boarded trains in France and arrived in the UK without being checked against the warnings index of suspected terrorists and those with adverse immigration histories.

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Biometrics are also checked against more than 100 million sets of fingerprints DHS has collected since the start of US-VISIT, which takes biometrics from foreign visitors entering the United States to determine if a person is using an alias, she said.

Identity check: letting local police check detainees' immigration status causes concern

In future, travellers from countries such as Pakistan will have to have a biometric visa, and their details will be checked against a 'watch list' of suspects and criminals.

US-style immigration checks to be introduced at Cardiff airport

All have been checked against the state sex offender registry.

Diocese correcting failings

Rather, they will be checked against each building's database to determine if an individual has access.

American Forces Press Service (Nov. 30, 2005): standard federal ID to replace common access cards

The provided data are checked against the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) National Do-Not-Call Registry list, and consumers are able to opt out of the list, Credit Plus noted.

Credit plus releases prequalification product

In January the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began requiring new applicants for hauling hazardous materials to furnish their fingerprints so they could be checked against criminal history and terrorist databases.

Trucking industry challenges fingerprint checks

In the second round of ICSA Labs SSL VPN certification, Aventail's EX-1500 appliance was checked against new criteria including cache cleaning, client-side integrity checking and stronger end-point security features, as well as proper handling of services such as OWA, SMB and Microsoft Outlook.

ICSA Labs SSL VPN certification awarded to Aventail EX-1500 appliance

All material is checked against the standards of 'say without prejudice', 'show without shocking', 'witness without aggressing', and 'denounce without condemning'.