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BANK ACCOUNT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals
Example:
he moved his bank account to a new bank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("bank account" is a kind of...):
account; business relationship (a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank account"):
giro account (an account at a post office that can be used in similar ways to an account at a bank)
checking account; chequing account; current account (a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand)
savings account (a bank account that accumulates interest)
