checking account

noun

: a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks

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Found, for example, offers all-in-one banking for small business owners and the self-employed with a business checking account that simplifies taxes, invoicing, and bookkeeping. Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025 McCauley’s peers across the crypto industry have shared similar sagas about being locked out of the U.S. financial system, losing access to payroll, checking accounts and payment processing. Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025 Over that same six-year period, Keller’s fund balance — essentially the district’s checking account balance — declined by approximately $35 million. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2025 Signing up to be paid through Payoneer requires providing a Social Security number or other identification, birth date, and checking account details to a financial services firm most non-business owners would not recognize. Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025 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 3 Mar. 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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