Smitty Two wrote:

In article ,
"N Cook" wrote:



Americans pay checks with bills - we pay bills with cheques.




Only in a restaurant is an invoice for monies due termed a "check."
Otherwise, it's a bill.

In another post I stated that I'd never encountered the above usage;
I have been absent from sitdown restaurants for so long that I forgot
"check please!".

Regards,

Michael