bank account

American  

noun

• bank accounts
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bank accounts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bank account

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bank account

His mother subsidized him for years, and Corey had grown accustomed to having a “self-healing” bank account.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Your bank account can’t protect you if you are breathing polluted air or rely on a dysfunctional health care system.”

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

And I’ll make my financial case for how I justified writing a lump-sum check to a travel agency so large that I could picture my bank account clutching its proverbial pearls.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Records on the Commission's website show Reform's bank account was frozen in the weeks before the election.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

She had protested, but only mildly, the same limp no with which she greeted the frequent deposits to her bank account and the new Impala with the soft upholstery.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Related Words

• checking account
• deposit
• savings account