checking account
noun
a bank deposit against which checks can be drawn by the depositor.
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Nearby words
checkered lily, checkers, checkerspot, checkerwork, checkhook, checking account, checklist, checkmark, checkmate, checkoff, checkout
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Origin of checking account
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
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Examples from the Web for checking account
No personal papers, no letters from a yearning boy friend in the old home town, no savings or checking-account passbook.
Twelve Times Zero|Howard Carleton BrowneAll the state's money is in the Dodd banks on the checking-account basis—and the gang is letting it out at six percent.
The Landloper|Holman Day
British Dictionary definitions for checking account
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