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Examples of checking account in a Sentence
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In fact, the registry said on its website that payments should be made online, using a checking account or credit card.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
However, in its report, the Center for Responsible Lending found that users of the apps experienced a 56% increase in checking account overdrafts.
—Cora Lewis, Fortune, 3 May 2024
From November 2021 to January 2024, Mizuhara wired more than $16 million in unauthorized transfers from a checking account belonging to Ohtani, according to an affidavit filed with a criminal complaint.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
The movement supercharged Greenwood’s launch and within days of rolling out its website in October 2020, tens of thousands of people had signed up for the waiting list for checking accounts.
—Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 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 10 Jun. 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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