CHECKING ACCOUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does checking account mean? 

• CHECKING ACCOUNT (noun)
  The noun CHECKING ACCOUNT has 1 sense:

1. a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand

  Familiarity information: CHECKING ACCOUNT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHECKING ACCOUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

checking account; chequing account; current account

Hypernyms ("checking account" is a kind of...):

bank account (a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals)

Domain region:

United States (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

 Context examples 

The bank immediately pulled back the money and placed it back in my checking account.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Make sure no one has made unauthorized charges to your credit card or printed counterfeit checks that are linked to your checking account.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)