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

Garcia disclosed only a pension, worth $100,001 to $250,000, while Padilla Stout only listed a bank account, a mutual fund and her spouse’s retirement plans.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Days later, the town sent $545,598.30 to a Utah bank account that wasn’t the company’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

A simple solution that has already attracted two million users, most of whom did not have a bank account before.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

She claimed a turnover of £225,000 despite having estimated its turnover for the next calendar year as £72,000 on the bank account application form she completed the same day.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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