ghost accountn.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊst əˌkaʊnt/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊst əˌkaʊnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ghost n., account n.

Etymology: < ghost n. + account n. Compare earlier ghost n. 11 and ghost n. and adj. Compounds 1b.

1. Originally: a bank account whose holder has died or forgotten its existence. In later use chiefly: a bank account set up anonymously, or under a false identity, for the purpose of conducting illegal transactions.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > bank-account

account1615

bank account1671

a/c1736

drawing account1737

private account1772

banking account1792

embankment1813

current account1846

savings account1850

deposit account1851

checking account1923

demand deposit1930

ghost account1933

numbered account1963

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > other types of accounts

calends of exchangec1374

scorea1400

pipe1455

mensalc1475

profit and loss1553

stock1588

bank account1671

lump-account1699

revenue account1703

profit and loss account1721

sundry1736

drawing account1737

stock account?1768

private account1772

trading account1780

Flemish account1785

capital account1813

embankment1813

cost account1817

cash-credit1832

current account1846

savings account1850

deposit account1851

suspense account1869

control account1908

checking account1923

ghost account1933

numbered account1963

budget account1969

ISA1975

MSA1993

1933 Port Arthur (Texas) News 27 Oct. 9/2 Ghost accounts—whose owners have forgotten the accounts or have died since placing them—sometimes are as old as the banking services that hold them.

1973 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 22 Dec. 2249/1 All this money is sent out of the jail through the warders and then comes back to B through money orders and is deposited in his account or in some ghost account.

2009 A. T. Nwaubani I do not come to you by Chance (2010) xxix. 216 We had carried out transactions from thousands of ghost accounts in banks around the globe.

2. Computing.

a. A user account on a network, system, or website that remains active after the user has ceased to access it, typically following the user's death, or his or her departure from an organization.

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1995 comp.os.netware.misc 9 Aug. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 22 Feb. 2021) The user is able to connect to any fileserver he/she was not logged into when they rebooted, which would seem to indicate the ghost account is causing the problem.

2008 Network World (Nexis) 11 Apr. When people exit the company, their accounts need to be immediately terminated. Otherwise, ghost accounts live on in the system, creating vulnerabilities.

2019 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 13 May a8 Tens of millions of dead Facebook users have left behind such digital remains... These ghost accounts offer a digital place for mourning and memory.

b. A user account, esp. on social media, set up under a false identity for the purpose of engaging in illicit, dishonest, or disruptive activities.Such accounts are typically used to evade a ban, spread misinformation, or to create a false impression of widespread support for a person or opinion.

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2008 J. Zittrain Future of Internet 228 Many sites could benefit from asking people to participate with real identities known at least to the site.., making it harder for people to shift among various ghost accounts.

2018 Times (Nexis) 18 June 13 It is one of social media's dirty little secrets—celebrities purchase fake Instagram and Twitter followers then charge advertisers to promote products to an army of bots and ghost accounts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ghost account
释义	ghost accountn. Brit. /ˈɡəʊst əˌkaʊnt/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊst əˌkaʊnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ghost n., account n. Etymology: < ghost n. + account n. Compare earlier ghost n. 11 and ghost n. and adj. Compounds 1b. 1. Originally: a bank account whose holder has died or forgotten its existence. In later use chiefly: a bank account set up anonymously, or under a false identity, for the purpose of conducting illegal transactions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > bank-account account1615 bank account1671 a/c1736 drawing account1737 private account1772 banking account1792 embankment1813 current account1846 savings account1850 deposit account1851 checking account1923 demand deposit1930 ghost account1933 numbered account1963 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > other types of accounts calends of exchangec1374 scorea1400 pipe1455 mensalc1475 profit and loss1553 stock1588 bank account1671 lump-account1699 revenue account1703 profit and loss account1721 sundry1736 drawing account1737 stock account?1768 private account1772 trading account1780 Flemish account1785 capital account1813 embankment1813 cost account1817 cash-credit1832 current account1846 savings account1850 deposit account1851 suspense account1869 control account1908 checking account1923 ghost account1933 numbered account1963 budget account1969 ISA1975 MSA1993 1933 Port Arthur (Texas) News 27 Oct. 9/2 Ghost accounts—whose owners have forgotten the accounts or have died since placing them—sometimes are as old as the banking services that hold them. 1973 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 22 Dec. 2249/1 All this money is sent out of the jail through the warders and then comes back to B through money orders and is deposited in his account or in some ghost account. 2009 A. T. Nwaubani I do not come to you by Chance (2010) xxix. 216 We had carried out transactions from thousands of ghost accounts in banks around the globe. 2. Computing. a. A user account on a network, system, or website that remains active after the user has ceased to access it, typically following the user's death, or his or her departure from an organization. ΚΠ 1995 comp.os.netware.misc 9 Aug. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 22 Feb. 2021) The user is able to connect to any fileserver he/she was not logged into when they rebooted, which would seem to indicate the ghost account is causing the problem. 2008 Network World (Nexis) 11 Apr. When people exit the company, their accounts need to be immediately terminated. Otherwise, ghost accounts live on in the system, creating vulnerabilities. 2019 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 13 May a8 Tens of millions of dead Facebook users have left behind such digital remains... These ghost accounts offer a digital place for mourning and memory. b. A user account, esp. on social media, set up under a false identity for the purpose of engaging in illicit, dishonest, or disruptive activities.Such accounts are typically used to evade a ban, spread misinformation, or to create a false impression of widespread support for a person or opinion. ΚΠ 2008 J. Zittrain Future of Internet 228 Many sites could benefit from asking people to participate with real identities known at least to the site.., making it harder for people to shift among various ghost accounts. 2018 Times (Nexis) 18 June 13 It is one of social media's dirty little secrets—celebrities purchase fake Instagram and Twitter followers then charge advertisers to promote products to an army of bots and ghost accounts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1933
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