支票的种类有很多，下面简要介绍四种。

Crossed cheque

A crossed cheque is a cheque that has been marked specifying an instruction on the way it is to be redeemed. A common instruction is for the cheque to be deposited directly to an account with a bank and not to be immediately cashed by the holder over the bank counter. The format and wording varies between countries, but generally, two parallel lines may be placed either vertically across the cheque or on the top left hand corner of the cheque. By using crossed cheques, cheque writers can effectively protect the instrument from being stolen or cashed by unauthorized persons.

划线支票是一种标有标记的支票，上面的标记是用于具体说明兑现支票的方式。常见的指示有，票款直接收在银行帐上，持票人不得直接提取现款。虽然各个国家的划线支票格式和措词各不相同，但，一般来说，是在整个支票上划两条垂直的平行线或者在支票左上角划两条垂直的平行线。一旦使用划线支票，出票人能够有效防止票据被未获授权的人窃取或提现。

Post-dated cheque

In banking, a post-dated cheque is a cheque written by the drawer (payer) for a date in the future. Whether a post-dated cheque may be cashed or deposited before the date written on it depends on the country. A Canadian bank, for example, is not supposed to process a post-dated cheque and if it does so by mistake, the cheque writer may ask their bank to correct the error. In the United States and the UK, post-dated cheques are negotiable instruments and can be drawn upon at any time, while in India and Australia post-dated cheques are not payable until the date written on the cheque.

远期支票是指出票人（支付方）将发票日填写为将来日期的支票。至于远期支票是否可以在票载日期之前提现或收在银行帐上，还要看各个国家的具体规定。比如，在加拿大，银行不得受理远期支票，并且，如果银行因疏忽而受理了远期支票，出票人可要求银行进行改正。在美国和英国，远期支票属于流通票据，可在任何时间提款。在印度和澳大利亚，远期支票只能在票载日期付款。

Stale-dated cheque

A cheque may also be dishonoured because it is stale or not cashed within a "void after date". Many cheques have an explicit notice printed on the cheque that it is void after some period of days. In the US, banks are not required by the Uniform Commercial Code to honour a stale-dated cheque, which is a cheque presented six months after it is dated.

支票可能会因过期失效而遭到拒付或在“出票后无效”期间无法提现。许多支票都会明确告知，支票将在某一期限后无效。在美国，《美国统一商法典》未规定银行需兑付失效支票，即自出票日起六个月签发的支票。

Traveller’s cheque

A traveller's cheque is a medium of exchange that can be used in place of hard currency. They can be denominated in one of a number of major world currencies and are preprinted, fixed-amount cheques designed to allow the person signing it to make an unconditional payment to someone else as a result of having paid the issuer for that privilege.

旅行支票是一种可以替代硬通货的交易媒介，能够以若干世界主要货币计价。这是一种预先印好的定额支票，旅行者购买旅行支票后，在支票上签字方能无条件地向他人付款。

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