Refers to a totally-legal but still-somewhat-devious practice of writing personal checks for comparatively-minuscule bills --- like maybe just two or three bucks for a bag of fresh vegetables from a roadside farm-stand --- instead of paying them in cash, and then secretly hoping that the checks’ recipients will not want to bother going to the extra effort of cashing said “tiny” checks, and thus your bank-account’s “balance” will be unaffected by your purchases.
Practicing the “system of checks and balances” can have varying degrees of success, depending on various factors, such as how strapped your checks’ recipients are for cash, how accustomed they are to cashing/depositing checks, or how willing/able they are to accept checks, especially for such paltry amounts (here’s where paying with checks at an unattended “drop the money in the slot” or “place the money in the cup/jar” merchandise-stand can be a good idea, since there will be nobody there to balk at your paying with a check). Extra points if you “embellish” the checks with flowery praising messages about how wonderful the sellers’ merchandise/service is, since it may stroke the people’s ego so much that they will prefer to “frame it rather than cash it” (again, especially since the check is for such a small amount, and so its value might likely not mean all that much to the person’s overall budget) when deciding what to do with your checks.
by QuacksO September 9, 2018
Get the system of checks and balancesmug. (of a passenger) consign (baggage) to the care of the transport provider with whom they are traveling.
by Arminkshipper August 11, 2024
Get the checkmug. by Holsackak February 28, 2016
Get the checking the oil levelmug. by Imsometimesright May 20, 2021
Get the Double checkmug. (phrase) To look at the left hand of a person of interest or a person seemingly interested in you to assess if a wedding/engagement ring is present for information gathering. Hopefully this information will influence a person's decision, but in the situation it doesn't at least one has an idea what they are getting into.
A, "Dude she's super hot, why don't you go for it?"
B, "Bro, check the left, that rock is huge."
A, "So, she totally wants to take you home!!!"
B, "Tonight I think I'm gonna do the right thing and say no."
B, "btw, I've been down that road and it blows goat nuts."
B, "Bro, check the left, that rock is huge."
A, "So, she totally wants to take you home!!!"
B, "Tonight I think I'm gonna do the right thing and say no."
B, "btw, I've been down that road and it blows goat nuts."
by aAWwjoirewjnfoirwaaAtotheJ September 23, 2017
Get the Check the Leftmug. November 6th
The day that is a tradition to make a doctors appointment for an "Anal Checkup". This could include a prostate exam or a quick glance.
The day that is a tradition to make a doctors appointment for an "Anal Checkup". This could include a prostate exam or a quick glance.
Jimmy: Hey. Did have you got your appointment yet?
Franklin: Of course it's National Anal Check Up Day.
Franklin: Of course it's National Anal Check Up Day.
by heh3heh3heh3 November 4, 2019
Get the National Anal Check Up Daymug. A meme in the Geometry Dash community where players tell each other that update 2.2, infamous for taking 6 years to even get a rough release window, has been released; baiting unknowing players to check the Steam platform to update their game as if it had been released.
-GDPRO123: Man, this geometry dash update is never coming out...
-trollgmd: it's actually out now, check steam
-trollgmd: it's actually out now, check steam
by HoureSummi December 17, 2023
Get the check steammug.