bank deposit

American  

noun

1. money placed in a bank against which the depositor can withdraw under prescribed conditions.

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Etymology

Origin of bank deposit

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Unlike a mutual fund or a bank deposit, most of these closed-end funds limit the amount that investors can withdraw each quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The yields are eye-catching: more than what’s available from Treasurys or money market funds, well above most bank deposit rates and even more attractive than typical credit-card rewards.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

So many of the technologies that we know today were stolen from China by the West, such as porcelain, gunpowder, compasses and bank deposit insurance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

There is also an ongoing debate about raising the bank deposit insurance cap from $250,000 and imposing stiffer penalties on executives at banks that fail.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

After the bank deposit is made up, and Mr. Flint looks over the bill-book, and startles the orphan from a state of semi-somnolency, he goes on 'Change.

From Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey