BANK ACCOUNT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)