bank account

== English == === Etymology === Originally referring merely to the registry of transactions (deposits, withdrawals) for a fund held by a bank, the sense came to encompass the fund being held. === Noun === bank account (plural bank accounts) A fund, held by a bank in a contractual arrangement between the bank and the owner of the fund, a customer of the bank, into which they can deposit and from which they can withdraw money. ==== Derived terms ==== Swiss bank account ==== Related terms ==== current account / checking account deposit account savings account bank statement ==== Translations ==== === References === “bank account”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bank account”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.