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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 had to take out a credit card, overdraft and a credit account to be able to pay for things this winter," she told the BBC.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2025

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

“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

Some people who have credit cards that give points for purchases or some other type of incentive will use their credit card to pay another credit account to try and add to their points.

From Encyclopedia.com Mar. 21, 2018

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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