bank accountnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbæŋk əˌkaʊnt/us/ˈbæŋk əˌkaʊnt/B1 an arrangement with a bank in which the customer puts in and removes money and the bank keeps a record of it
Examples
- I closed my Edinburgh bank account when I came to London.
- I was relieved to see that my bank account was still in credit.
- We invested the money in a high-interest bank account.
- He withdrew nearly all the funds from his bank account shortly before he disappeared.
- Modern couples tend to keep their own separate bank accounts, don't they?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Banks
- bank
- building society
- central bank
- clearing house
- credit
- credit union
- deposit
- e-bank
- exchange rate
- financial services
- foreign exchange
- gnome
- investment bank
- merchant bank
- pay
- personal identification number
- savings and loan association
- statement
- the IMF
- thrift
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Examples from literature
- But I must now tell you that when I marry, if ever I do, I shall choose my wife without the assistance of her mother, and without regard to her dowry or the size of the family bank account.