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Recent Examples of charge account
Beyond credit cards, Rodriguez reported owing $13,944 on unsecured personal loans and $12,558 on a Macy’s charge account, a type of credit that requires the full balance to be paid monthly and often has no preset limit.
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Dad gave them a charge account.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
According to documents filed Monday in the Jacksonville division of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Amit Patel had sole authority to approve charges to the team's virtual credit card, a charge account that doesn't require a physical credit card.
—Marley Jay, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
Meanwhile, Vickers was hearing reports about someone in Cleveland claiming to be Collins and trying to buy musical gear on a store charge account; Vickers knew Collins was elsewhere in the country at that point.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2022
His first act of revenge was to purchase several VCRs and televisions on his father’s charge account, and sell them for cash.
—Jeff Maysh, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2022
The Mesopotamians were among the first known to grasp the usefulness of the charge account.
—Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
The service will not charge account fees or commissions for online trades.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 May 2021
Participants will also have use of public spaces and a charge account for food and beverages.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Dad gave them a charge account.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
According to documents filed Monday in the Jacksonville division of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Amit Patel had sole authority to approve charges to the team's virtual credit card, a charge account that doesn't require a physical credit card.
—Marley Jay, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
Meanwhile, Vickers was hearing reports about someone in Cleveland claiming to be Collins and trying to buy musical gear on a store charge account; Vickers knew Collins was elsewhere in the country at that point.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2022
His first act of revenge was to purchase several VCRs and televisions on his father’s charge account, and sell them for cash.
—Jeff Maysh, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2022
The Mesopotamians were among the first known to grasp the usefulness of the charge account.
—Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
The service will not charge account fees or commissions for online trades.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 May 2021
Participants will also have use of public spaces and a charge account for food and beverages.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charge account
Noun
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The mayor’s comment referenced a Trump administration officer to bolster Argentina’s sputtering economy with a $20 billion credit line, and a Chicago neighborhood relying on one of the transit improvement projects.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Chandler Morris probably has a lifetime credit line at Mellow Mushroom now.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Posterity on the installment plan.—
Thomas Beller,
Air Mail,
25 Oct. 2025
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Select members were recruited as handlers for Daedone’s wealthy boyfriend, whose massive loans to the company were apparently repaid on an installment plan of blow jobs.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Charge account.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charge%20account. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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