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The Treasury has long been the federal government's checkbook, tasked with handling payments for individual agencies based on funds appropriated by Congress.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
Records on the county’s online checkbook show the two nonprofits received more than $1 million from Miami-Dade in 2024.
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Ponder what stubbornly lofty pricing and high rates means to a house hunter’s checkbook.
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Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
Signing Bregman will require Red Sox owner John Henry to open his checkbook for nearly $182 million over a seven-year deal, according to MLB Trade Rumors' free-agent contract predictions.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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circa 1846, in the meaning defined above
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“Checkbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkbook. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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checkbook
noun
check·book
ˈchek-ˌbu̇k
: a book of blank bank checks
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