sweep account
noun [C] BANKING, FINANCEDefinition
› a bank account that automatically transfers money into another account or investment that pays higher interest when the amount of money in it goes over a particular level: Sweep accounts allow small businesses to get higher returns on cash that might otherwise be doing nothing in a current account.
(Definition of sweep account noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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