credit account

noun [C] (also US charge account)

Definition

› FINANCE, COMMERCE an arrangement by which a customer receives goods from a store and pays for them over a period of time: Get 10% to 15% off by opening a department store credit account.

(Definition of credit account noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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