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Charge Account CreditnounMWEa consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any timeverified
Charge CardnounMWEa card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise deliveredverified
Charge D'affairesnounMWEthe official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassadorverified
Charge of QuartersnounMWEan enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hoursverified
Charge PlatenounMWEa card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise deliveredverified
Charge UnitnounMWEa measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)verified
Charge-Exchange AcceleratornounMWEan accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchangeverified
ChargebacknounA transaction generated when a cardholder disputes a transaction or when the merchant does not follow bankcard company procedures. The issuer and acquirer research the facts to determine which party is responsible for the transaction. If the merchant is unable to pay, the acquirer will have to cover the chargeback.EventRegulatedPCI
Charismanouna personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence othersverified
Charitable TrustnounMWEa trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposesverified
Charitablenessnoungenerosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate)verified
Charitynouna foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)verified
Charivarinouna noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married coupleverified
Charley HorsenounMWEa muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exerciseverified
Charlottenouna mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custardverified
Charm CampaignnounMWEa campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain supportverified
Charm QuarknounMWEa quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1verified
Chartered AccountantnounMWEa British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charterverified
Chartistnouna stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securitiesverified
Chassisnounthe skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motorverified
ChastitynounVow made, usually because of moral or religious beliefs, to abstain from sexual relations.verified
Chat RoomnounMWEa site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)verified
Chat ShownounMWEa program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audienceverified
ChatbotnounConversational agent that dialogues with its user (for example: empathic robots available to patients, or automated conversation services in customer relations).System
Chatterboxnounorchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leafverified
Chaulmoogra TreenounMWEEast Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosyverified
Chavnouna young, low class, English male. Known for their brashness and penchant for counterfeit designer goodsverified
Cheap ShotnounMWEan unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless personverified
ChecknounA written order from one party (payer) to another (payee) requiring the payer's financial institution to pay a specified sum on demand to the payee or to a third party specified by the payeeArtifact
Check 21 ActnounMWEFormally known as the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act. Creates a new document, the IRD (image replacement document or substitute check) that is the legal equivalent of the original check and should be accepted as such. The act does not require institutions to accept electronic images instead of checks or IRDs, but does require the acceptance of IRDs instead of paper checks. The exchange of electronic images is optional and will be done by agreements between individual institutions, groups of institutions, or clearinghouses.FrameworkRegulatedPCI
Check BitnounMWE(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1'sverified
Check CharacternounMWEa character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmissionverified
Check ClearingnounMWEThe movement of a check from the depository institution where it was deposited to the institution on which it was written. The funds move in the opposite direction, with a corresponding credit and debit to the involved accounts.ProcessRegulated
Check ImagenounMWEElectronic or digital image of an original check that is created by a depositor, a bank or other participant in the check collection process. Check images can be exchanged electronically by financial institutions, printed for customer statement purposes, displayed on Internet banking websites, and used to create substitute checks.DataRegulatedPCI
Check TruncationnounMWEThe practice of holding a check at the institution where it was deposited (or at an intermediary institution) and electronically forwarding the essential information on the check to the institution on which it was written. A truncated check is not returned to the writer.ProcessRegulatedPCI
Check WordnounMWECipher text generated by cryptographic logic to detect failures in cryptography.ControlRegulatedCUI