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bank account

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

BANKING an arrangement with a bank in which the customer puts in and takes out money and the bank keeps a record of it: How much is there in your bank account? Wages can be deposited directly into an employee's bank account. open/have/close a bank account. My wife and I have a joint bank account.
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