joint account

American  

noun

1. a bank account in the names of two or more persons or parties and subject to withdrawals by each.

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joint account British  

noun

1. a bank account registered in the name of two or more persons, any of whom may make deposits and withdrawals

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joint account

Their salaries go into a joint account and their mortgage, bills, food, petrol and other household costs are paid out of this.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

We keep our finances separate but work very well together out of a joint account for the purpose of our current home and the project house we plan to buy.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

Schwab’s Teen Investor is a joint account owned by both the child and parent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

But two years later, she discovered she had been signed up to a monthly subscription with the service, LiveCareer, and over £500 had been taken from her joint account with her husband.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

Twenty-eight chests, brought a little later by another vessel from London, on the joint account of Boston merchants, were destroyed by a disguised party, on March 7, 1774.

From Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel)