I don't understand how you "raise a cheque". We write cheques, cash cheques, pay in cheques, and cheques bounce but I've never heard "raise a cheque" in BrE.
I know that "check" in AmE is "bill" in BrE so in AmE people say "Can I get the check please?" and in BrE it's "Can I get the bill please?". So does "raise a check" mean "produce a bill/invoice"?