bank account
English edit
Etymology edit
Originally referring merely to the registry of transactions (deposits, withdrawals) for a fund held by a bank, the sense came to encompass the fund being held.
Noun edit
bank account (plural bank accounts)
- A fund, held by a bank in a contractual arrangement between the bank and the owner of the fund, a customer of the bank, into which they can deposit and from which they can withdraw money.
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Translations edit
fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
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References edit
- “bank account”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “bank account”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.