check·book

[chek-book]
noun
a book containing blank checks or orders on a bank.

Origin:
1770–80, Americanism; check1 + book

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chequebook or (US) checkbook (ˈtʃɛkˌbʊk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a book containing detachable blank cheques and issued by a bank or building society to holders of cheque accounts
 
checkbook or (US) checkbook
 
n

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Checkbook is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
Take the checkbook and any other means to access the family money away from him
  asap and get him some professional help.
And as antiquated as it may sound, it means taking the time to balance your
  checkbook once a month.
If checkbook journalism ever had a leg to stand on, those interviews were that
  leg.
Famous writers can get their friends to visit campus, but a nobody with a
  checkbook can bring in a laureate.
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