TRUST ACCOUNT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary

Synonyms:

savings account trust; savings bank trust; Totten trust; trust account; trustee account

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("trust account" is a kind of...):

trust (something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary))

Credits