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bank deposit

American

noun

money placed in a bank against which the depositor can withdraw under prescribed conditions.

Etymology

Origin of bank deposit

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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Unlike a mutual fund or a bank deposit, most of these closed-end funds limit the amount that investors can withdraw each quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The yields are eye-catching: more than what’s available from Treasurys or money market funds, well above most bank deposit rates and even more attractive than typical credit-card rewards.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

So many of the technologies that we know today were stolen from China by the West, such as porcelain, gunpowder, compasses and bank deposit insurance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

When interest rates started to rise, money market rates started levitating immediately, opening up a wide gap with bank deposit rates.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

For example, I have talked with responsible men who have seen the Trenton agent's bank deposit slips for certain sums, dated, month after month, coincidently with the visit of a certain special agent.

From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)

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