traveler's check
noun
: a draft purchased from a bank or express company and signed by the purchaser at the time of purchase and again at the time of cashing as a precaution against forgery
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In that future, cards are as antiquated as traveler's checks.
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Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
Bill Koch said that years later, their father discovered that $700 in traveler's checks were missing and believed that Frederick, who was visiting his parents at the time, had stolen them.
—New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
Fidel Castro bought a bracelet for his sister (with traveler's checks), and Andy Warhol amassed a collection, including a bracelet of emeralds, rock crystal, and diamonds from the 1940s.
—Jill Gerston, ELLE Decor, 19 June 2012
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Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
Bill Koch said that years later, their father discovered that $700 in traveler's checks were missing and believed that Frederick, who was visiting his parents at the time, had stolen them.
—New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
Fidel Castro bought a bracelet for his sister (with traveler's checks), and Andy Warhol amassed a collection, including a bracelet of emeralds, rock crystal, and diamonds from the 1940s.
—Jill Gerston, ELLE Decor, 19 June 2012
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“Traveler's check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traveler%27s%20check. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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