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CHECK KITING

Fraudulent scheme. Additional checks are issued against funds that a bank has already credited into an account for deposited, but as-yet, uncleared checks (refer to check clearing). It is played as an

CHECK OUT TIME

Latest standard time set by a hotel that a hotel guest must formally vacate his or her room without incurring additional charges for another day’s stay. Following a check out, hotels provide

CHECK PRINTING CHARGES

A fee for ordering the printing of company checks. It is an expense and is reported on a company’s balance sheet.

CHECK ROUTINE

The checking or testing of a procedure, process, or system, at regular and methodical intervals, to evaluate and report operational conditions at that interval.

CHECK STUB

A check’s portion retained as a record by the check writer; for account keeping purposes, such as the stub part of a payroll check. The stub has an area for payments to

CHECKABLE DEPOSITS

Available money allocated to one’s checking account, in a bank or financial institution, allowing the account owner to write a check or draft against that available amount in the account. These accounts

CHECKED BAGGAGE

Before boarding an aircraft, this is a traveler’s luggage given to the baghandlers of the airline . This luggage is expected to be carried in the cargo compartment of the same aircraft

CHECKSHEET

Vehicle to record raw data. It is custom-designed for a user to easily read and interpret the results of an activity or process. It is one of the seven tools of quality.

CHECKSUM

A documented, pre-planned, mathematically-computed value using a group of data being transmitted that is transferred along with the data. A receiving device compares the checksum with its own computation. If the transmitted

CHECKWRITING PRIVILEGE

Certified right to write checks against the amount held in a mutual fund. It is a service offered to account-holders. A minimum value for a written checks against an account is typically

CHEMICAL ANTIDOTE

Substance that neutralizes another substance. Converts a toxic substance into a harmless compound by reacting with the toxic substance.

CHEMICAL EXPOSURE

Contact or exposure to a chemical substance by touching, breathing, eating or drinking. This exposure is usually harmful in nature. Different degrees of danger can result with varying symptoms due to exposure

CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN

Documented, approved, detailed description of policies and work practices designed and employed to protect employees and others in a workplace from health hazards possible due to the presence, production, or use of

CHEMICAL NAME

Registered scientific name given to a chemical. This is in accordance to procedure using the nomenclature system developed by an authoritative agency like the International Union Of Pure & Applied Chemistry, Chemical

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)

The process standardized for testing a sample of water by indirect measurement to determine the amount of pollution that cannot be oxidized biologically found in that water sample.

CHEMICAL PROPERTY

A single characteristic of a chemical or chemical substance. It is applied to model how the substance’s molecules can combine with another substance’s molecules or simply be rearranged.

CHEMICAL REACTION

Molecular recombining of two or more chemicals or chemical substances to either produce one or more different chemicals or compounds, or alter the properties of the original chemicals or substances. Most reactions

CHEMICAL STABILITY

Molecular characteristic of a chemical or compound. The tendency of a material to resist change or decomposition in its natural environment or when exposed to air, heat, light, pressure, or other natural

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