bank statement

American  

noun

• bank statements
  plural

1. a monthly statement of account mailed by a bank to each of its customers with checking or other accounts, recording the banking transactions and current balance during a period and usually including canceled checks.

2. a statement required to be published periodically by a bank showing its financial status, as assets and liabilities.

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bank statement British  

noun

1. a statement of transactions in a bank account, esp one of a series sent at regular intervals to the depositor

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Noun Inflected Forms

• bank statements
  plural

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Example Sentences

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bank statement

Minutes before we talked, I read this hilarious Wall Street Journal story, which featured an anecdote about Elon Musk’s Grok putting someone’s bank statement into a group Slack channel.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

Personal AI agents are great—until they divulge your bank statement in a work chat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Personal AI agents are great — until they share your bank statement in the work chat.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

An unnamed Ethiopian assistant professor was selected by ICM for its Midwife Leaders Executive Sponsorship Programme, but was rejected for having an "inadequate financial bank statement and an unreliable purpose of travel", the organisers said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

I waded into the mountain of mail with both hands, tossing envelopes in all directions, until I came up with the bank statement.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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