TRAVELER'S CHECK Definition & Meaning

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traveler's check

noun

a check issued in any of various denominations by a bank, travel agency, etc., that is signed by the purchaser upon purchase and again, in the presence of the payee, when cashing the check or using it to pay for goods or services.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of traveler's check¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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Later that day, according to the police, Vida walked into a McDonald’s at Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street and asked an employee behind the counter to cash a $50 traveler’s check.

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“But a traveler’s check is perfectly safe,” I said.

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“Would you cash a twenty-dollar traveler’s check for me?”

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