bank account

American  

noun

1. an account with a bank.

2. balance standing to the credit of a depositor at a bank.

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bank account British  

noun

1. an account created by the deposit of money at a bank by a customer

2. the amount of moneys credited or debited to a depositor at a bank

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Etymology

Origin of bank account

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Estrada's trial at the Senate gripped the nation and ended abruptly after his lawyers blocked evidence of his alleged secret bank accounts.

From BBC

Wealth measures a household’s assets, like stocks, bank accounts and home equity, minus liabilities like mortgages, car loans and credit-card debt.

From The Wall Street Journal

People with bank accounts die on the regular.

From Salon

Related: ‘Six figures are missing’: My aunt’s attorney took over her bank account.

From MarketWatch

"Numerous employees have reported to me that their bank accounts are at zero or negative," Johnny Jones, a Dallas-based official in the government workers' union AFGE, told USA Today.

From BBC

Related Words

• checking account
• deposit
• savings account