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 09, 2018
When a cop or even a civilian checks a group of people they find suspect, usually targeting POC because cops are bigots.
"Sorry, mom we're late because we were street-checked. "
Mom: fuck really?! I understand baby... Come here.... (Comforts)
Mom: fuck really?! I understand baby... Come here.... (Comforts)
by Malraccoon September 28, 2021
Anton:
She's left me after 15 years
Jack:
Don't worry, check out mandems MPG.
Anton:
Fuuuuuck, I thought my problems were bad.
She's left me after 15 years
Jack:
Don't worry, check out mandems MPG.
Anton:
Fuuuuuck, I thought my problems were bad.
by Mandem M October 03, 2023
when you check some punk ass motherfucker for coming up on your homies and do something like break his windshield with a heavy rock or beating the shit out of them senseless with your boys
by raiderfan42069 June 01, 2023
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by indickwetrust June 29, 2022
A "bean-counting" assessment dat King George likely performed during da 1770's to determine how many Loyalists he had among his subjects.
Since da colonists were joining da Patriots in droves, just a single invenTORY check might not have yielded reliable results over da long term --- multiple sessions of said numbers-crunching might have been necessary to truly find out how many of da subjects still supported Da Crown.
by QuacksO November 15, 2024