checkbook

noun

check·​book ˈchek-ˌbu̇k 

: a book containing blank checks to be drawn on a bank

Examples of checkbook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chelsea opened up its checkbook again this summer with an EPL-high net deficit of $283 million, based on current spending and exchange rates. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Small businesses, meanwhile, are voting with their checkbooks. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Netflix broke out its checkbook, and yada, yada, yada, Seinfeld is staying on the streamer for another five years. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026

What is presented as a surplus is political math, the short-term cash-basis budget view that governments use (like your checkbook). — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1846, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing checkbook

• checkbook journalism

Rhymes for checkbook

• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• chinook
• codebook
• cookbook
• fishhook
• forsook
• guidebook
• handbook
• logbook
• mistook

Kids Definition

checkbook

noun

check·​book ˈchek-ˌbu̇k 

: a book of blank bank checks