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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bad check" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a check that cannot be processed due to insufficient funds in the account of the person who wrote it.
Example: "He was charged a fee for writing a bad check that bounced."
Alternatives: "a bounced check" or "an insufficient funds check."
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Kearns quit after Meyers wrote him a bad check.
He paid with a bad check, for $291.22.
The arbitrator had also been disciplined by Michigan for writing a bad check for $18,000.
The defendant was accused of passing a bad check for $88.30.
Why would that sports-jacket man jack him on a bad check?
He also accused 38 Studios of trying to pass the state a bad check.
In Louisiana, writing a bad check can be worth up to 10 years.
In Mississippi, one might lose the right to vote for felony for writing a bad check.
She sued the company and won the case, only to receive a bad check in the compensation (1996, 1478).
The next year he was arrested on a charge of passing a bad check, the authorities said.
Visa, Mastercard and American Express strictly prohibit charging a consumer's credit card to cover a bad check.
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