Cutting a cheque (check)

[nq:1]The OED Online doesn't list the sense of 'cutting a cheque' in its 65 senses of the verb 'to cut.' ... the phrase 'cut an order.' Does anybody have any information on the orgin of the expression 'cutting a cheque (check)?[/nq]
No, but my personal theory is that "cutting" a cheque/check refers to the action of removing the check from the checkbook. There must have been a time when perfora

[nq:1]The OED Online doesn't list the sense of 'cutting a cheque' in its 65 senses of the verb 'to cut.' A corespondent of mine says that durung[/nq]^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
Typing quickly today, aren't you?
[nq:1]WW2 the US Army used the phrase 'cut an order.' Does anybody have any information on the orgin of the expression 'cutting a cheque (check)?[/nq]
Consider this citation from the OE

[nq:1]The OED Online doesn't list the sense of 'cutting a cheque' in its 65 senses of the verb 'to cut.'[/nq]
"Cut a cheque" is not, in my experience, BrE.
Cheers - Ian

[nq:2]The OED Online doesn't list the sense of 'cutting a ... on the orgin of the expression 'cutting a cheque (check)?[/nq]
[nq:1]No, but my personal theory is that "cutting" a cheque/check refers to the action of removing the check from the ... less common here (southeast Michigan, USA) these days than it was when I first entered the work force in 1960.[/nq]
That last comment is quite us

[nq:1]The OED Online doesn't list the sense of 'cutting a cheque' in its 65 senses of the verb 'to cut.' ... the phrase 'cut an order.' Does anybody have any information on the orgin of the expression 'cutting a cheque (check)?[/nq]
The "cutting orders" in the US Army comes from the "cut" definition of "type on a stencil", given in MWCD10. In my day I have typed on (cut) many such stencils to

[nq:1]That last comment is quite useful. Zimms might have better luck, but I couldn't find a usage of "cut a check" older than a 1981 Bill Safire "On Language" column, which sort of lumps it in with "cut a deal" and "cut a record".[/nq]
But check my post (Email Removed) for the 1706 citation from the OED.

[nq:1]In my experience it's quite alive as workplacese. I think of it as sort of suggesting the process of mechanically ... to use the "cut" expression). I would guess that it's in greater use in larger organizations than in smaller ones.[/nq]
I too associate the term with some sort of
mechanical or electromechanical process
used by business for issuing checks on heavy
perforated p

[nq:1]The OED Online doesn't list the sense of 'cutting a cheque' in its 65 senses of the verb 'to cut.' ... the phrase 'cut an order.' Does anybody have any information on the orgin of the expression 'cutting a cheque (check)?[/nq]
No, but it's a great question.
I have a theory about "cut an order", though man US Army orders of the shortly post-war period, and I think during the war as we

[nq:2]The OED Online doesn't list the sense of 'cutting a ... on the orgin of the expression 'cutting a cheque (check)?[/nq]
[nq:1]No, but it's a great question. I have a theory about "cut an order", though man US Army orders ... the term for preparing a stencil for use on a mimeograph is "cutting". So there might be a connection there.[/nq]
As I posted before, that's exactly what one defi

[nq:2]The OED Online doesn't list the sense of 'cutting a ... on the orgin of the expression 'cutting a cheque (check)?[/nq]
[nq:1]No, but my personal theory is that "cutting" a cheque/check refers to the action of removing the check from the ... is used in accounting schools? And, is it likely a dying usage, at least in some areas of the globe?[/nq]
I see it more in the area of "cutting s