savings account
noun
: an account (as in a bank) on which interest is usually paid and from which withdrawals can be made usually only by presentation of a passbook or by written authorization on a prescribed form
Examples of savings account in a Sentence
She opened a savings account.
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The measure would not funnel additional money into health savings accounts.
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Lauren Peller, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2025
The Senate also rejected a Republican plan that would have expanded access to high-deductible insurance plans and deposit $1,000 to $1,500 in enrollees’ health savings accounts — without renewing enhanced subsidies.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Democrats’ three-year extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies isn’t going anywhere and neither is the Republican plan for health savings accounts.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) addressed healthcare on Wednesday morning to Republican lawmakers, offering a selection of several possible avenues, such as individual bills that could include expansions of health savings accounts and cost-sharing reductions.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Peller, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2025
The Senate also rejected a Republican plan that would have expanded access to high-deductible insurance plans and deposit $1,000 to $1,500 in enrollees’ health savings accounts — without renewing enhanced subsidies.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Democrats’ three-year extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies isn’t going anywhere and neither is the Republican plan for health savings accounts.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) addressed healthcare on Wednesday morning to Republican lawmakers, offering a selection of several possible avenues, such as individual bills that could include expansions of health savings accounts and cost-sharing reductions.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for savings account
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“Savings account.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/savings%20account. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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