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Falling rates can help banks in the sense that customers will slow the rotation out of checking accounts and into higher-yielding instruments like CDs or money market funds.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2024
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My office used to keep about $1 billion in our checking account to meet the expenditures.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024
JPMorgan Chase might start charging customers for checking accounts.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 July 2024
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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 23 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
checking account
noun
: an account in a bank from which the depositor can draw money by writing checks
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