Why a dud cheque'?
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Thanks. It must be the same as 'bad', in a 'bad chque'. Is the reason for a dud cheque merely because one can't cover it? Or, perhaps there are other reasons involved, such as a bad signature, something wrong with the paper, or something?
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Cheques bounce in BrE too.
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When we talk about dud cheques, we normally mean that there were insufficient funds in the account to pay. A dud is something, like a firework, bomb or bullet, that fails to work.
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