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credit account

British  

noun

  1. Also called: charge account.  a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I’ve only had one bank account and one credit account that I opened myself when I turned 18 so I never had to deal with this.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2022

He was 29 and at a loss for what to do with his life after leaving his job as a credit account processor at a hardware outlet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022

“When a company lends, they want to make sure the consumer can handle that new credit account and can in fact pay it back.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2022

But the survey shows that fraud rose by 9%, driven by a rise in bank and credit account fraud.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2020

Before my arrest, I’d set up a timed funds transfer that would deposit enough money in my IOI credit account to pay off my entire debt, forcing IOI to release me from indenturement.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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