current account

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noun

Also called open account. an account of credits, debits, receipts, and expenditures between two individuals or companies, usually providing for settlement at the end of specified accounting periods.
(in certain foreign countries) a checking account.

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Origin of current account

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby current account

currency bar, currency bond, currency note, currency principle, current, current account, current assets, current balance, current cost, current-cost accounting, current density
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Words related to current account

savings account, deposit, checking account, funds, deposit account

British Dictionary definitions for current account

current account

noun

an account at a bank or building society against which cheques may be drawn at any timeUS name: checking account Canadian name: chequing account
economics that part of the balance of payments composed of the balance of trade and the invisible balanceCompare capital account (def. 1)
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