11.   The check cleared.

12.   The best thing about this is that you can look at your account every day, know instantly which checks have cleared and which are still out.

13.   They played like just another visiting businessman who could go home, cut another deal and forget the whole thing by the time the next check clears.

14.   Unlike poor Shannon Sharpe, beginning the moment that bonus check clears, Ben Coates finally will be paid like it, too.

15.   With traditional checks, you hold onto the money until the check clears.

16.   You can log on to verify account balances or see if a check has cleared.

17.   A grand jury began investigating after IRS officials received calls in May from people whose tax payments checks had not cleared.

18.   According to the complaint, the defendants repeatedly contacted ISM until the day they were arrested to find out if the checks had cleared.

19.   But the check never cleared the bank, apparently due to some confusion over its date.

20.   The Central Bank nevertheless allowed the checks to clear.