Checkbook Vocabulary

Written record of all transactions in your checking account

• Cancelled Check

• Bounced Check

• Check

• Checkbook Register

A written order directing a bank to pay money as instructed from a particular account.

• Check

• Deposit Slip

• Withdrawal Slip

• Checkbook Register

A book containing blank checks issued by a bank.

• Checkbook

• Passbook

• Ledger

• Receipt Book

The person to whom a check is written.

• Payee

• Drawer

• Endorser

• Banker

The person who writes a check.

• Drawer

• Payee

• Endorser

• Banker

A check that has been written but not yet cleared by the bank.

• Outstanding Check

• Cancelled Check

• Bounced Check

• Postdated Check

A check that cannot be processed because the account holder has insufficient funds.

• Bounced Check

• Cancelled Check

• Outstanding Check

• Postdated Check

A check that has been paid by the bank and returned to the account holder.

• Cancelled Check

• Bounced Check

• Outstanding Check

• Postdated Check

A check written with a future date.

• Postdated Check

• Cancelled Check

• Bounced Check

• Outstanding Check

The process of matching your checkbook register with the bank statement.

• Reconciliation

• Endorsement

• Withdrawal

• Deposit