"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/28/2014 2:07 PM, Janet wrote:
>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Don't count on it. I once put the car payment in the cable envelope
>>>>> and
>>>>> the cable check in the car payment envelope. They got cashed.
>>>>
>>>> None of my cheques are cashable.
>>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>
>>> How does the payee get the money if not cashed?
>>
>> It is credited to their bank account.
>>
>> Janet UK
>>
>
> Oh, it was cashed. A difference in terminology. Once a check clears the
> bank, it is considered "cashed" even it it was credited as you say. It
> does not just mean the payee got actual cash from a teller.

Cashed means exchanged for cash.

Deposited mean credited to payee's bank account

Cleared means funds removed from maker's account

or does nothing have any meaning anymore?

On 12/28/2014 6:33 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 12/28/2014 2:07 PM, Janet wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't count on it. I once put the car payment in the cable envelope
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> the cable check in the car payment envelope. They got cashed.
>>>>>
>>>>> None of my cheques are cashable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>
>>>> How does the payee get the money if not cashed?
>>>
>>> It is credited to their bank account.
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>>>
>>
>> Oh, it was cashed. A difference in terminology. Once a check clears the
>> bank, it is considered "cashed" even it it was credited as you say. It
>> does not just mean the payee got actual cash from a teller.
>
> Cashed means exchanged for cash.
>
> Deposited mean credited to payee's bank account
>
> Cleared means funds removed from maker's account
>
> or does nothing have any meaning anymore?
>
>
>
>
Technically your are correct, but ask 100 people what happened to the
check sent to the phone company. Many (most?) will say they cashed it.
Maybe it is a regional thing but I've heard that for years.

I've even heard when asked if a check cleared, "yep, they cashed it".

There are hundreds of mis-uses like that. How many people call a boiler
a furnace or a water heater a hot water heater? What flavor Coke are you
drinking, orange?

On 12/28/2014 8:09 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> Technically your are correct, but ask 100 people what happened to the
> check sent to the phone company. Many (most?) will say they cashed it.
> Maybe it is a regional thing but I've heard that for years.

Absolutely. If I wonder Did they cash the check yet, I'm not
thinking did they get 20s or 50s, I mean have they presented it
for processing.

It goes without saying that someone at a utility is not going to the
bank with it to get actual cash. If they are, it will come to light
soon enough as they'd be embezzling.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/28/2014 8:09 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> Technically your are correct, but ask 100 people what happened to the
>> check sent to the phone company. Many (most?) will say they cashed it.
>> Maybe it is a regional thing but I've heard that for years.
>
> Absolutely. If I wonder Did they cash the check yet, I'm not
> thinking did they get 20s or 50s, I mean have they presented it
> for processing.
>
> It goes without saying that someone at a utility is not going to the
> bank with it to get actual cash. If they are, it will come to light
> soon enough as they'd be embezzling.
>
> nancy

next thing you'll tell us is that when a recipe says teaspoon, you think
tablespoon.

On 12/28/2014 9:09 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 12/28/2014 8:09 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>> Technically your are correct, but ask 100 people what happened to the
>>> check sent to the phone company. Many (most?) will say they cashed it.
>>> Maybe it is a regional thing but I've heard that for years.
>>
>> Absolutely. If I wonder Did they cash the check yet, I'm not
>> thinking did they get 20s or 50s, I mean have they presented it
>> for processing.
>>
>> It goes without saying that someone at a utility is not going to the
>> bank with it to get actual cash. If they are, it will come to light
>> soon enough as they'd be embezzling.

> next thing you'll tell us is that when a recipe says teaspoon, you think
> tablespoon.

? I don't see that happening. Any more than I see some business
actually taking my payment check to the bank for coins and bills.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/28/2014 8:09 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> Technically your are correct, but ask 100 people what happened to the
>> check sent to the phone company. Many (most?) will say they cashed it.
>> Maybe it is a regional thing but I've heard that for years.
>
> Absolutely. If I wonder Did they cash the check yet, I'm not
> thinking did they get 20s or 50s, I mean have they presented it
> for processing.
>
> It goes without saying that someone at a utility is not going to the
> bank with it to get actual cash. If they are, it will come to light
> soon enough as they'd be embezzling.

No different here, although we might say, Has it gone through yet.

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On 12/29/2014 6:42 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> Absolutely. If I wonder Did they cash the check yet, I'm not
>> thinking did they get 20s or 50s, I mean have they presented it
>> for processing.
>>
>> It goes without saying that someone at a utility is not going to the
>> bank with it to get actual cash. If they are, it will come to light
>> soon enough as they'd be embezzling.
>
> No different here, although we might say, Has it gone through yet.

Works for me, I've heard that used, too.

Not that it's even mentioned much at all, I write very few
checks and the only payee that ever dragged their feet cashing ...
oops, depositing ... payments was my town, property taxes.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/29/2014 6:42 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>
>>> Absolutely. If I wonder Did they cash the check yet, I'm not
>>> thinking did they get 20s or 50s, I mean have they presented it
>>> for processing.
>>>
>>> It goes without saying that someone at a utility is not going to the
>>> bank with it to get actual cash. If they are, it will come to light
>>> soon enough as they'd be embezzling.
>>
>> No different here, although we might say, Has it gone through yet.
>
> Works for me, I've heard that used, too.
>
> Not that it's even mentioned much at all, I write very few
> checks and the only payee that ever dragged their feet cashing ...
> oops, depositing ... payments was my town, property taxes.

Careful, girl ... ;-)


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"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/28/2014 6:33 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 12/28/2014 2:07 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Don't count on it. I once put the car payment in the cable envelope
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> the cable check in the car payment envelope. They got cashed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> None of my cheques are cashable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>>
>>>>> How does the payee get the money if not cashed?
>>>>
>>>> It is credited to their bank account.
>>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, it was cashed. A difference in terminology. Once a check clears
>>> the
>>> bank, it is considered "cashed" even it it was credited as you say. It
>>> does not just mean the payee got actual cash from a teller.
>>
>> Cashed means exchanged for cash.
>>
>> Deposited mean credited to payee's bank account
>>
>> Cleared means funds removed from maker's account
>>
>> or does nothing have any meaning anymore?
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Technically your are correct, but ask 100 people what happened to the
> check sent to the phone company. Many (most?) will say they cashed it.
> Maybe it is a regional thing but I've heard that for years.

I looked it up and you are correct in what you said. To cash it means to
either get cash or deposit it.
>
> I've even heard when asked if a check cleared, "yep, they cashed it".

Again, correct.
>
> There are hundreds of mis-uses like that. How many people call a boiler a
> furnace or a water heater a hot water heater? What flavor Coke are you
> drinking, orange?

Well that could be if it was one of those increasingly popular Coke
flavoring machines.