Meaning & use
check run
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Meanings
nouncountable
A batch process in which a company prints or issues many checks at once to pay suppliers or staff.
Grammar: Usually preceded by a time word: the weekly check run.
Patterns
- do a check run
- the check run for something
The finance team does a check run every Friday morning.
Your invoice missed Thursday's check run, so payment will come next week.
A software error delayed the payroll check run.
nouncountablecomputing
In software development, a single execution of an automated set of validation tests on a code change.
Grammar: Used in tech teams: a failed check run.
Patterns
- a check run on something
The check run failed because of a missing file.
Merge the change once the check run passes.
Word forms
| plural | check runs |
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Common combinations
- weekly check run
- The weekly check run covers all vendors.
- schedule a check run
- Schedule a check run before month end.
- miss the check run
- We missed the check run by an hour.
- payroll check run
- The payroll check run was processed on time.
- failed check run
- A failed check run blocks the release.
Synonyms and how they differ
- pay run
- Pay run is the British term and mostly refers to wages, whereas check run can cover supplier payments too.
- payment batch
- A payment batch can include electronic transfers, while a check run implies printed checks.
- payroll cycle
- Payroll cycle names the repeated schedule, not the act of issuing the payments.
Word family
Commonly confused: check run or cheque run?
check run vs cheque run
Cheque run is simply the British spelling of the same phrase.
Practice
Our vendors are paid every Thursday in a single ___.
Choose one answer.
A check run is one batch of payments. A price check or spot check is an inspection, not a payment process.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “check run”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.