( current accounts)
1.
A current account is a personal bank account which you can take money out of at any time using your cheque book or cash card. ( BRIT; in AM, use checking account )
His current account was seriously overdrawn.
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2.
A country’s current account is the difference in value between its exports and imports over a particular period of time. ( BUSINESS )
Portugal will probably have a small current-account surplus for 1992.
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