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deposit account

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noun

  1. a bank account that earns interest and usually requires notice of withdrawal

"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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In a video demo viewed by Barron’s this week, Sky walks a client through options for a certificate of deposit account that’s come due.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Consumer advocates say the company creates a separate internal deposit account for users and records “ExtraCash” advances as overdrafts on that account, which can make it more difficult for users to stop payment.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

The typical small business holds about $12,100 in its deposit account on any given day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Though the bank regained mortgage customers in that period, its net interest margin, a closely-watched metric of interest income from loans minus payouts to deposit account holders, narrowed from 1.9% to 1.84%.

From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2023

The dividends or interest on any Government Stock is credited periodically to the holder's ordinary deposit account.

From Everybody's Guide to Money Matters: with a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing therein by Cotton, William

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