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

The account confirmed lots of other Instagram profiles help people to cross to Ceuta in this way, and asked for payment "via bank account" with a specific money transfer service.

From BBC ● 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

I down three iced lattes daily, a habit I refuse to break even as my bank account groans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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

No one my age in my country has a bank account or even dreams of having one, much less property to declare.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Related Words

• checking account
• deposit
• savings account