checking account

noun

: a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks

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This is in large part because 401(k)-type plans became more common and, according to the paper, displaced more liquid and less remunerative forms of saving such as checking accounts. Allison Schrager, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025 O’Neill’s brother convinced the couple to provide him with O’Neill’s checking account number and social security number by telling them that O’Neill was in line for an inheritance. Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025 Unlike buying bitcoin or other digital assets, purchasing stablecoin is supposed to resemble putting money into a checking account. David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025 Most households’ day-to-day financial lives rely on two primary products: checking accounts and credit cards. Jennifer Tescher, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 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 5 Sep. 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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