Phrase guide

bank account

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fund, held by a bank in a contractual arrangement between the bank and the owner of the fund, a customer of the bank, into which they can deposit and from which they can withdraw money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he moved his bank account to a new bank

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: account, business relationship

Narrower terms: giro account, checking account, chequing account, current account, savings account

History

Etymology

Originally referring merely to the registry of transactions (deposits, withdrawals) for a fund held by a bank, the sense came to encompass the fund being held.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bankrekening — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Arabic: حِسَاب مَصْرَفِيّ (ḥisāb maṣrafiyy) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Armenian: բանկային հաշիվ (bankayin hašiv) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Azerbaijani: bank hesabı — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Catalan: compte bancari — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Chinese Mandarin: 銀行賬戶 /银行账户 (yínháng zhànghù) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戶頭 /户头 (hùtóu) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Czech: bankovní účet — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Danish: bankkonto — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Dutch: bankrekening — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Esperanto: banka konto — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Estonian: pangakonto — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Finnish: pankkitili — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • French: compte bancaire — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • French: compte en banque — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Georgian: საბანკო ანგარიში (sabanḳo angariši) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • German: Bankkonto — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Greek: τραπεζικός λογαριασμός (trapezikós logariasmós) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Gujarati: બેંક એકાઉન્ટ (beṅk ekāunṭ) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Hindi: बैंक खाता (baiṅk khātā) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Hungarian: bankszámla — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Icelandic: bankareikningur — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Ido: bankokonto — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Indonesian: akun bank — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Irish: cuntas bainc — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Italian: conto bancario — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Japanese: 銀行口座 (ginkō kōza) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Japanese: 預金 (yokin) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Khmer: គណនីធនាគារ (kʊənna’nii thea’niekie) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Korean: 은행 계좌 (eunhaeng gyejwa) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Korean: 예금 (yegeum) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Macedonian: банковна сметка (bankovna smetka) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Malay: akaun bank — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Marathi: बँक खाते (bĕṅka khāte) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bankkonto — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bankkonto — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Polish: rachunek bankowy — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Polish: konto bankowe — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Portuguese: conta bancária — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Romanian: cont bancar — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Russian: ба́нковский счёт (bánkovskij sčot) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Serbo-Croatian: bankovni račun — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Slovak: bankový účet — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Slovene: bančni račun — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Spanish: cuenta bancaria — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Swahili: akaunti ya benki — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Swedish: bankkonto — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Tamil: வங்கிக்கணக்கு (vaṅkikkaṇakku) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Turkish: banka hesabı — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Ukrainian: ба́нківський раху́нок (bánkivsʹkyj raxúnok) — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Vietnamese: tài khoản ngân hàng — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank
  • Zulu: akhawunti yasebhange — fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank