bank balance

American  

noun

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

2. Finance. the balance that a bank has in the clearinghouse at a given time.

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Example Sentences

That distinction is increasingly visible on bank balance sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Stress tests assumed falling rates; instead, rates rose and duration risk detonated on bank balance sheets.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

“Our bank balance is consistently decreasing. This is inherently unsustainable,” Chandanpurkar said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

On Saturdays, you'd breeze through racks to find the one item that justified taking money out of your barely-there bank balance.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

So expensive, in fact, that Max had to check his bank balance on his phone while they stood in line, just to make sure that he had enough in his account.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway