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CURRENT ACCOUNT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand
Synonyms:
checking account; chequing account; current account
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("current account" is a kind of...):
bank account (a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
That part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("current account" is a kind of...):
accounting (a system that provides quantitative information about finances)
Holonyms ("current account" is a part of...):
balance of international payments; balance of payments (a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year)
