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Overdraft Line Of Credit An overdraft line of credit is a loan attached to a business checking account.
—Levi King, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Excessive transactions fee None Overdraft fees N/A Offer checking account?
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
The city also didn’t monitor credit card limits and had 24 checking accounts, which auditors called excessive.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Half of the Americans who opened a checking account in 2024 have two or more checking accounts.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of checking account was
circa 1909
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“Checking account.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checking%20account. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
checking account
noun
: an account in a bank from which the depositor can draw money by writing checks
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