bank account

American  

noun

• bank accounts
  plural

1. an account with a bank.

2. balance standing to the credit of a depositor at a bank.

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bank account British  

noun

1. an account created by the deposit of money at a bank by a customer

2. the amount of moneys credited or debited to a depositor at a bank

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bank accounts
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bank account

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bank account

Stallone refused, even though his bank account was down to $106.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

If you pay your council tax by direct debit, the money will be paid directly into the bank account that you use to pay it, from the start of January.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

But the contract lays out various fees that could have inflated the amount owed, including $5,000 for defaulting and another $5,000 for blocking access to a bank account.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

In February last year, when she asked for his bank account and routing information so she could direct $2,000 into the account, he tried to draw a line in the sand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Eventually Berkeley’s auditors would bring the fund fully into the formal regime established for all such trust funds, requiring that it be deposited in an interest-bearing bank account and designated as a university asset.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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