Definition of "check-book" [check-book]

• A book containing blank checks on a bank or banker, or on the cashier of a business establishment. (noun)
• A book in which items of control are entered. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "China's open check-book has not been welcomed by all."
• "How about check-book balancing, how to avoid predatory lenders, the scams of rent-to-own, avoiding high interest rate credit cards, and so many more money traps for the poor."
• "Blind spots are why bank robbers have been known to write stick-up notes on the back of their very own check-book receipts!"