Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
crossed cheque
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A crossed cheque therefore gives some protection against fraud if it falls into the wrong hands.
Usage examples of "crossed cheque".
The fund trustee, one Jucundus Fecundus Xero Pecundus Coppercheap, counterclaimed that payment was invalid having been tendered to creditor under cover of a crossed cheque, signed in the ordinary course, in the name of Wieldhelm, Hurls Cross, voucher copy provided, and drawn by the senior partner only by whom the lodgment of the species had been effected but in their joint names.