numbered account


nounFinance.
  1. a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.

Origin of numbered account

1
First recorded in 1960–65

Words Nearby numbered account

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British Dictionary definitions for numbered account

numbered account

noun
  1. banking an account identified only by a number, esp one in a Swiss bank that could contain funds illegally obtained

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