How to Use checking account in a Sentence

checking account

noun
  • The next day the two went to a local bank and opened a checking account in the student’s name.
    David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2020
  • Moore picked him back up from work Friday morning, and then took him to a bank to open a checking account.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 19 June 2020
  • Was your Chase checking account balance off this weekend?
    Editors, USA TODAY, 28 June 2020
  • But there’s no reason to pay anything just to have access to a basic checking account.
    Julian Kheel, CNN Underscored, 3 July 2020
  • But after two weeks, the money still sat in his personal checking account.
    Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Her boyfriend has already stolen $200 from her checking account since his release from jail.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
  • The fake company locked the man out of his own computer and accessed his checking account.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 31 July 2020
  • For its Advantage Plus checking account, the fee is $12.
    Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Watson had a personal checking account at the bank, and was at a branch near Tampa to open a business account for his law firm in April last year.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 2 July 2020
  • On July 20, Bank of the West launched a 1% for the Planet checking account.
    Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 30 July 2020
  • He wasn’t allowed to open credit cards or checking accounts while paroled, Chris Walker, a former Secret Service agent who worked the case, told me.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
  • For example, an electric bill will come in the mail near the end of the month and the charge will automatically be withdrawn from the checking account around the 10th of the following month.
    Rich Exner, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2020
  • And I’ve-a got, like, five coins in my checking account.
    Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • He was left with $1,700 in his checking account and no idea what to do next.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And then direct the IRS to put the rest in your savings or checking account or elsewhere.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Joe, for lack of a better name, has $1.25 million in his checking account.
    Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The first time my checking account was ever over $3,000 was during that job.
    Charlotte Cowles, New York Times, 11 July 2022
  • After installing the App, and while still talking with them on the phone, her checking account had $3,200 taken out of it.
    cleveland, 15 Oct. 2021
  • If your checking account doesn’t have much money, save it.
    Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Even for people who have checking accounts, low-balance fees can take a toll, as can ATM fees, the report added.
    Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
  • These deposits leave you with less available cash in your checking account that you might be tempted to spend.
    Isabella Simonetti, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • AmEx launched a new Kabbage checking account for that market last month.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 23 July 2021
  • One of the first financial accounts a consumer opens is a checking account.
    Peter Fisher, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • Zelle is offered to bank customers across the country with a checking account or bank account.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Google Plex could have been a digital checking account killer app.
    Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The nature of her crimes barred her from having a checking account, a credit card or a debit card while on parole.
    Freep.com, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Thanks to this deal, your checking account won't be headed for the proverbial graveyard anytime soon.
    Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Once again, the CFOs were much quicker to pull cash from checking accounts and grab those big Treasury yields than regular folks would have been.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Days later, the money still hadn’t arrived in their checking account.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 22 July 2021
  • For checking accounts, that means skipping monthly fees that can eat away at your paycheck.
    Mallika Mitra, wsj.com, 11 Dec. 2023

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