checking account
noun
a bank deposit against which checks can be drawn by the depositor.
Compare
savings account.
Origin of checking account
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Words nearby checking account
checkered lily,
checkers,
checkerspot,
checkerwork,
checkhook,
checking account,
checklist,
checkmark,
checkmate,
checkoff,
checkout
Example sentences from the Web for checking account
No personal papers, no letters from a yearning boy friend in the old home town, no savings or checking-account passbook.
Twelve Times Zero |Howard Carleton BrowneAll the state's money is in the Dodd banks on the checking-account basis—and the gang is letting it out at six percent.
The Landloper |Holman Day