Just getting them to write several small checks, rather than one large one, can be a challenge.

You'll notice that it's a considerably smaller check than the one you returned about a month ago.

Maybe in a few stores where he was known he could cash small checks, get himself a little more money.

He also added a family's housing subsidy into the calculation, which means a still smaller check.

"I wonder if you'd object to making out a small check for me."

This small check is to defray expenses I had to pay out of my own personal funds.

On the clipboard, he puts a small check next to my name.

"Over the past couple of years I've been getting small checks," she said.

But it would mean smaller checks for some families.

He got a lot of spare change, many small checks and a few big ones.