Operating an account

After they have been paid in, cheques usually take three working days to __________.

• pass

• credit

• clear

When I write out a cheque, I keep a record by filling in the __________.

• receipt

• invoice

• counterfoil

If you don't have a cheque book, you can pay by getting a _________ from a branch of your bank.

• banker's draft

• bank paper

• bank ticket

Unlike a personal cheque, a banker's draft can't __________.

• be rejected

• bounce

• crash

A banker's draft is also known as a bank draft or a __________.

• banker's cheque

• banker's note

• banker's ticket

If you need to borrow money, you can apply to your bank for an __________.

• overdraft possibility

• overdraft facility

• overdraft opportunity

If you need to borrow more money from your bank, you can ask them to increase your _________.

• overdraft limit

• overdraft level

• overdraft supply

If you want to borrow money from a third party*, you may have to supply a __________.

• banker's support

• banker's promise

• banker's reference

A banker's reference proves to a third party that you are __________.

• moneyed

• creditworthy

• rich enough

Regular automatic payments of the same amount (e.g. to a charity) are called __________.

• standing orders

• direct debits

• direct orders