checking account

noun

: a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks

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These new services complement Novo’s existing small business banking options, like checking accounts and debit cards. Gene Marks, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024 Assets: Personal checking account: $2,000; business checking account: $1,000; HYSA: $7,000; Roth IRA: $1,000. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2024 That’s according to Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan Chase, who told the Wall Street Journal the bank may institute checking account fees in order to recoup any revenue lost if regulators go forward with a plan to cap overdraft fees. Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 July 2024 One of Snell’s top tips is setting up a split direct deposit, so part of your paycheck goes to a high-yield savings account and part of it funnels to a checking account to cover your necessary and discretionary expenses. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for checking account 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 26 Nov. 2024.

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checking account

noun
: an account in a bank from which the depositor can draw money by writing checks

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