A financial arrangement for the management of funds, etc. An arrangement by which a body (such as a bank or building society) holds funds or other…

an arrangement made with a bank whereby a person may deposit and withdraw money; (also) a sum of money held under such an arrangement, a bank…

Account.

a bank account from which money may be withdrawn easily, a current account; (later also) an account for salary from which money may be withdrawn as…

a bank account relating to one's personal (as opposed to business) assets; a credit account for personal purchases.

= bank account n. at bank, n.3 compounds 3.

A banking speculation; a bank account. Also attributive.

an account kept by a customer at a bank to meet his or her current expenses.

an account at a bank, building society, etc., designed for personal savings, which pays interest to depositors and may require a notice period…

attributive and in other combinations, as deposit account, deposit-house, deposit-money, deposit-warrant (see quots.); (sense 3) deposit bed, deposit…

a current banking account.

a banking account from which the customer can withdraw funds without prior notification.

Originally: a bank account whose holder has died or forgotten its existence. In later use chiefly: a bank account set up anonymously, or under a…

a bank account which is identified only by a number and does not bear the owner's name (this being a practice associated esp. with Swiss banks).