bank account

an account with a bank.

balance standing to the credit of a depositor at a bank.

Also called, British, banking account.

Origin of bank account

First recorded in 1790–1800

She would learn how to keep her own bank-account and revamp her arithmetic.

The Cup of Fury |Rupert Hughes
Mrs. Keith seemed to regard her husband's bank-account much as the wife of a farmer might regard the spring in the meadow.

Rimrock Trail |J. Allan Dunn
It had cost him very dear; and when he landed in Bombay he had exactly two pounds in his pocket, and his bank-account was nil.

Sir Charles Napier |Sir William Francis Butler
On the contrary, she began to get miserly as her bank-account grew.

Sketches New and Old, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

If I were a fat woman, and a man said that he loved me, I should know that he was after my bank-account.

The Slim Princess |George Ade

bank account

an account created by the deposit of money at a bank by a customer

the amount of moneys credited or debited to a depositor at a bank