certified check

Example Sentences

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But before they can kidnap her and run away with a certified check, Warbucks gets suspicious and calls up his pal at the FBI — director J. Edgar Hoover, naturally.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2021

“These options are laid out in the written payoff letter and include the option of paying by certified check to avoid a wire transfer fee.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2021

So I trust I can expect a $100,000 certified check to be overnighted to me care of this newspaper?

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2018

It’s just possible that the bullion represents what he accepted from a tenant at 40 Wall Street in lieu of a certified check for a lease deposit.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2016

Ten minutes later, Mr. Nagahachi tells the captain he’ll buy the whole fish for sixteen dollars a pound, cash or certified check.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick