chequebook
noun [ C ] UK (US checkbook) uk/ˈtʃek.bʊk/ us/ˈtʃek.bʊk/
支票簿
a book of cheques with your name printed on them that is given to you by your bank to make payments with
chequebook journalismUK disapproving (US checkbook journalism) (指报社)重金收买新闻的行为;支票新闻(报社出钱向知情人购买新闻)
the activity in which a newspaper persuades someone involved in a news story to give their report of events by paying them a lot of money