Phrase guide

current account

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

That part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An account at a bank which is used for daily transactions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

Topics: banking, business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: book account, checking account

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: checking account, chequing account

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bank account

4

noun

Meaning 4

that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accounting

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: lopende rekening van de betalingsbalans — part of balance of payments
  • Finnish: vaihtotase — part of balance of payments
  • German: Leistungsbilanz — part of balance of payments
  • Greek: Ισοζύγιο Τρεχουσών Συναλλαγών (Isozýgio Trechousón Synallagón) — part of balance of payments
  • Hungarian: folyó fizetési mérleg — part of balance of payments
  • Indonesian: akun berjalan — part of balance of payments
  • Indonesian: akun perhitungan — part of balance of payments
  • Japanese: 経常勘定 (keijōkanjō) — part of balance of payments
  • Malay: akaun semasa — part of balance of payments
  • Polish: rachunek bieżący — part of balance of payments
  • Russian: торго́вый бала́нс (torgóvyj baláns) — part of balance of payments
  • Swedish: bytesbalans — part of balance of payments
  • Arabic: حِسَاب جَارٍ (ḥisāb jārin) — checking account
  • Armenian: ընթացիկ հաշիվ (əntʻacʻik hašiv) — checking account
  • Catalan: compte corrent — checking account
  • Chinese Mandarin: 往來賬戶 /往来账户 (wǎnglái zhànghù) — checking account
  • Chinese Mandarin: 支票賬戶 /支票账户 (zhīpiào zhànghù) — checking account
  • Czech: běžný účet — checking account
  • Dutch: betaalrekening — checking account
  • Dutch: lopende rekening — checking account
  • Finnish: käyttötili — checking account
  • Finnish: käyttelytili — checking account
  • Finnish: šekkitili — checking account
  • French: compte courant — checking account
  • German: Girokonto — checking account
  • German: Kontokorrentkonto — checking account
  • German: laufendes Konto — checking account
  • Hungarian: folyószámla — checking account
  • Irish: cuntas reatha — checking account
  • Italian: conto corrente — checking account
  • Japanese: 当座預金 (tōzayokin) — checking account
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brukskonto — checking account
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brukskonto — checking account
  • Polish: rachunek bieżący — checking account
  • Portuguese: conta corrente — checking account
  • Romanian: cont curent — checking account
  • Russian: теку́щий счёт (tekúščij sčot) — checking account
  • Russian: че́ковый счёт (čékovyj sčot) — checking account
  • Scottish Gaelic: ruith-chunntas — checking account
  • Scottish Gaelic: cunntas-ruith — checking account
  • Spanish: cuenta corriente — checking account
  • Spanish: cuenta de cheques — checking account
  • Spanish: cuenta de débito — checking account
  • Swedish: kurantkonto — checking account
  • Swedish: checkkonto — checking account
  • Turkish: cari hesap — checking account
  • Vietnamese: tài khoản vãng lai — checking account
  • Welsh: cyfrif cyfredol — checking account
  • Welsh: cyfrif treigl — checking account