TESSA
noun [C] /ˈtes.ə/Definition
› abbreviation for Tax Exempt Special Savings Account: a savings account in the UK, replaced by the ISA in 1999, in which no tax was paid if the investment was kept for five yearsSaving and savings accounts
(Definition of TESSA noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bank balance noun
- bank verb (MONEY)
- deposit account noun
- depositor noun
- direct deposit noun
- interest rate noun
- ISA noun
- on deposit idiom
- pension plan noun
- provident adjective
- put sth aside phrasal verb (SAVE)
- put sth by phrasal verb
- salt sth away phrasal verb
- save verb (KEEP)
- save/keep money for a rainy day idiom
- saving noun
- savings account noun
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