JUST KIDDING: Does anyone know the origin of the phrase "Bouncing a check", or how that saying got started.
How does not having enough funds in your account to cover a check equate to the term Bounce?
2007-03-12 05:18:15 · 10 answers · asked by krodgibami 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
It comes from the spanish word rebotar "To bounce"
Check http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rebotar
Also check
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bounce to c other meanings of
bounce
Have a bouncing Day !
2007-03-12 05:30:40 · answer #1 · answered by iChrist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term 'BOUNCE' stems from the fact that a check that does not have enough funds in the bank to cover ti is 'bounced' back to the originating party trying to cash or deposit the check. That check is then also bounced back to the writer.
Analogy: Like a'bouncing ball'. it keeps bouncing back until it's caught!
2007-03-12 05:22:56 · answer #2 · answered by vgordon_90 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In about 1920 they called it a rubber check because it bounced back from the bank due to insufficient funds..about 1925-1930 it changed to more commonly a bounced check..
2007-03-12 05:32:45 · answer #3 · answered by connie b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason we call it a "bounced" check is because it was first referred to as a "rubber" check
so that's where the bounce comes from, but im not sure where the rubber does
but im going to go on a hunt for the answer.. i will let you know if i find any information.. wish me luck
*red has it right.. its because since it was rubber, it would just bounce off the person and back to you
2007-03-12 05:22:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It "bounces" back to the originating bank, and eventually the organization that eventually cashed it. Just like a normal "bounce"
2007-03-12 05:20:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is called “bouncing a check,” because your bank will “bounce” your check back to the person you wrote it to, instead of giving them money.”
2007-03-12 06:38:41 · answer #6 · answered by CupCake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only rubber checks bounce!!!
2007-03-12 05:20:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'm not really sure. i think it has something to do with given back to you if it doesn't have enough funds. so it bounce back.
2007-03-12 05:21:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from bouncing baby's to basketballs I don't have a clue!.. love your since of humor though!..let me bounce this off of you, try history channel....have a great day!
2007-03-12 05:33:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but mine keep bouncing sky high
2007-03-12 05:20:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋