CHARGE ACCOUNT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Credit extended by a business to a customer

Synonyms:

charge account; credit account; open account

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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

charge account credit; open-end credit; revolving credit (a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge account"):

revolving charge account (a charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balance)