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Bank Account

Definition: Bank Account

Bank Account

Noun

1. A fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which they can make withdrawals; "he moved his bank account to a new bank".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Bank account

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A bank account is an account with a bank; via which, an individual's (or organization's) deposited assets are kept track of. The most general bank accounts are checking accounts and savings accounts.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bank account."

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Synonyms within Context: Bank Account

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Money

Bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account; certificate of deposit, CD.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bank Account

English words defined with "bank account": bankcheck, checking accountdepositpersonalsavings account. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bank account": arranged overdraftBRADSTREETclearing accountFASHIONLOAN INTERVIEWER, MORTGAGE, loan officerpetty bankrespectabilityto overdraw, to overdraw an account. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bank Account

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I have instructed my assistant to be paid into your Swiss bank account the sum of ten million dollars each (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

I needed him to treat me decently and get a job, and he needed to empty my bank account. (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and Billy Crystal)

How do you think your check got into the bank account of a Watergate burglar (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward)

I've been putting it all in a bank account for your college fees or bail (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

Lyrics

She likes access to your bank account (Tricky, tricky; performing artist: Lou Bega)

Got a bank account bigger than the law should allow (Incomplete; performing artist: Sisqo)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bank Account

DomainTitle

Books

  • How You Can Break Into the Music Business: Without Breaking Your Heart, Your Dream, or Your Bank Account! (Rev) (reference)

  • Like an Oil Well: Real Estate Can Pump Money Into Your Bank Account While You Sleep (reference)

  • Money Management for the Creative Person: Right Brain Strategies to Build Your Bank Account and Find the Financial Freedom to Create (reference)

  • Opening a Bank Account (Life Skills) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Bank Account

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

So far, the vast majority are either debit cards that withdraw money from a bank account, or are credit cards that require security deposits that nearly match the credit limits on the cards. (references)

Civil Liberties

Papua New Guinea

Associations that wish to open a bank account and conduct financial transactions are required to register for this purpose. (references)

Azerbaijan

Registration enables a religious organization to maintain a bank account, rent property, and generally act as a legal entity. (references)

Belarus

After a series of warnings, the authorities froze the bank account and seized the newsprint and computers of the independent newspaper Pahonia in the period prior to the September election. (references)

Economic History

Djibouti

Opening a local bank account is compulsory. (references)

Bulgaria

This lev account cannot be used as a standard deposit bank account. (references)

Uzbekistan

One recent improvement in the banking sector is that, effective June 1, 2000, companies may have more than one bank account. (references)

Human Rights

Switzerland

In May in response to a complaint arising from an attempt by local tax authorities to force taxpayers to relinquish previously undisclosed bank account information, the ECHR ruled that the Government could not allow local tax authorities to force such disclosure. (references)

Trade

Poland

Instead, they may have a Polish bank account denominated in the foreign currency and keep these payments in that account. (references)

Nepal

Together, Nepal Bank Ltd. and Rastriya Banijya Bank account for 60 percent of the entire banking system's deposits and loans. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

The scam victim is typically asked to pay a small fee to open a bank account, and this is followed by requests for escalating amounts to cover legal expenses and fees. (references)

Women

Swaziland

A woman generally requires her husband's permission to borrow money, open a bank account, obtain a passport, leave the country, gain access to land, and, in some cases, take a job. (references)

Congo

Women are required by law to obtain their spouse's permission before engaging in routine legal transactions, such as selling or renting real estate, opening a bank account, accepting employment, or applying for a passport. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

RESPECTABILITY, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Bank Account

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Bush

1989-1993We cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Bank Account

Expressions using "bank account": close a bank account have a bank account open a bank account. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bank Account

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bank account

378

bank account balance

6

swiss bank account

129

bank account check

5

offshore bank account

98

open a us bank account

5

open bank account online

28

numbered bank account

5

unclaimed bank account

24

open an offshore bank account

4

open bank account

23

anonymous offshore bank account

4

internet bank account

22

bank account for non us resident

4

merchant bank account

15

bank account balance check

4

opening a bank account

11

well fargo bank account

4

no credit check bank account

10

adverse credit bank account uk

4

joint bank account

9

open bank account uk

4

dormant bank account

7

free offshore bank account

3

offshore banking and bank account

7

swiss offshore bank account

2

free internet bank account

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Bank Account

Language Translations for "bank account"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

bankrekening (banking, banking account). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

حِساب, ‏الحساب المصرفي. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

. (various references)

   

Danish

  

bankkonto. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bankrekening (banking account). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

bankokonto (banking account). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pankkitili. (various references)

   

French

  

compte bancaire. (various references)

   

German

  

bankkonto (account). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τραπεζικός λογαριασμός. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

bankszámla, bankfolyószámla (checking account). (various references)

   

Italian

  

conto bancario (banking, banking account). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

銀行口座 , 貯金 (deposits and savings), 金  (deposit), 金口座 , (deposit). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぎ""う"うざ, よき""うざ, よき" (deposit), よちょき" (deposits and savings). (various references)

   

Manx

  

coontys banc (bank statement). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ankbay accountay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

conta bancária. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

счет в банке. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cuenta bancaria (banking account, open account). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bankkonto. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

banka hesabı (account, banking account). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Bank Account

Misspellings

"Bank Account" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bank accoutn. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Bank Account

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-k-n-n-o-t-u"

-4 letters: account, backout, bannock, cutback, cutbank, nunatak, outback.

-5 letters: cancan, cannot, canton, cobnut, kanban, toucan, uncock, unknot, untack.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Quotations: Speeches
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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