The Clue
Checkbook record (4 letter answer)
The Answer
STUB
Tags
Notes
The answer STUB is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Butt
Counterfoil
Pulverize
___ a toe
Ballgame souvenir
Check mate
Concert memento
Concert souvenir
Concertgoer's keepsake
Evidence of an admission
Hit accidentally
Hit, as the toe
Intermission pass
Last of a cigar
Last of a claro
Movie memento
Part of a check
Part to keep
Part of a ticket
Proof of attendance
Rain check
Receipt of a sort
Short end
The short end
Short pencil
Theater keepsake
Ticket part
Usher's proffering
Usher's request
Havana's last section
One-inch pencil, for example
It's shown to the usher
Much-used pencil
Not much of a pencil
Part of a torn ticket
Proof of purchase, maybe
Short end of the stick
Very short pencil
It's returned by a ticket-taker
It's ripped off at the movies
Throwaway found on 42d St.
Definition
STUB as a noun:
1. a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
2. (nub, stub) = a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"
3. (stub, ticket stub) = a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
4. (stub, check stub, counterfoil) = the part of a check that is retained as a record
5. (butt, stub) = the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
STUB as a verb:
1. pull up (weeds) by their roots
2. extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now"
3. clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field"
4. strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"