bank deposit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bank deposit
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Is it OK to search “all the rooms in a hotel for a gun or all the storage units or all bank deposit boxes for the pearl necklace that has been stolen?” he asked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
Unlike a mutual fund or a bank deposit, most of these closed-end funds limit the amount that investors can withdraw each quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
The yields are eye-catching: more than what’s available from Treasurys or money market funds, well above most bank deposit rates and even more attractive than typical credit-card rewards.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
After Dr. Bowman was arrested on Friday, the police searched his home and found a receipt for a $450,000 bank deposit, the complaint said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
“If you put them in a bank deposit box,” Jule observed, “you’d better do them up so as to look like a package of papers—bonds, or stocks, or something like that.”
From The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf by Gordon, Harry
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