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reserve account

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[ri-zurv-uh-kaunt] / rɪˈzɜrv əˌkaʊnt /

noun

  • reserve accounts
    plural
  1. an account containing funds set aside for a particular purpose or for unforeseen needs.

  2. Accounting. an account indicating the amount of depreciation or loss in value of an asset.


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When the central bank buys securities, it adds cash to the seller’s reserve account held at the Fed, which pumps new money into the financial system.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026

Cunningham, 49, uses three business bank accounts — for operating expenses, for taxes and for a reserve account for her business — in addition to her personal bank account.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2022

Ms. Cunningham, 49, uses three business bank accounts, for operating expenses, taxes and a reserve account for her business, in addition to her personal bank account.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2022

Voters created the reserve account in 2004, but it was too small and its deposits too easily suspended by lawmakers to make much of a difference during the Great Recession.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2020

Timidity, misplaced reverence, a dread of seeming to be self-righteous, a regard for conventional proprieties, and the national reserve account for much of the lamentable fact that there are so many such.

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren

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