open account

American  

noun

1. current account.

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Etymology

Origin of open account

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

"I have had the same Ukrainian trading partner for years and an open account with him. How can I now ask him to pay me money while he is struggling to stay alive?"

From Reuters • Mar. 4, 2022

Ruyters turned to his quartermaster, who was holding an open account book, quill pen in hand.

From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas

The whole formed a domestic budget as clear as it was complete, in which each portion of the government service had its open account regulated by the supreme comptroller.

From The Wedding Guest by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

She’s the best ever that way, is the mater––tends to her Bridge, gives me an open account, and, so long as she hears once a month, is happy.

From The Web of the Golden Spider by Fisher, Harrison

These she procured from the store where her father kept an open account, until the bill having been rendered dotted over with such charges “per daughter Catharine,” these treats to favorite schoolmates ceased.

From Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book by Halsey, Rosalie Vrylina