Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Check (-s)
check (-s), n. [ME.] (webplay: counter-register, flight, seamanship).
- Train ticket; transportation voucher; receipt that verifies payment; small piece of paper that documents the destination and distance that a passenger may travel; [fig.] passenger list; verification that a person is on board a vehicle; [metaphor] evidence; witness; proof; sacred testimony; scriptural documentation.
- Bill; banknote; money order; paper collateral; financial voucher.
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