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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

A joint account may not count as heavily against aid as one owned solely by the child, according to federal student-aid guidelines.

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

For some time before our second failure he had been doing business in our office on joint account and some of the money he had contributed was lost.

From The Romance and Tragedy by William Ingraham Russell