Meanings
nouncurrent account (plural current accounts)
plural current accounts
- That part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments.
- CommonwealthIrelandUKbankingAn account at a bank which is used for daily transactions.
Synonyms: book account, checking account
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn account at a bank which is used for daily transactions.
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nouna bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand
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Translations
Arabic حِسَاب جَارٍ, حِسَابُ الْمُعَامَلَات
- حِسَاب جَارٍ (ḥisāb jārin)checking account
- حِسَابُ الْمُعَامَلَات (ḥisābu l-muʕāmalāt)checking account
Bulgarian теку́ща сме́тка
- теку́ща сме́тка (tekúšta smétka)checking account
Catalan compte corrent
- compte correntchecking account
Chinese Mandarin 往來賬戶 /往来账户, 支票賬戶 /支票账户
- 往來賬戶 /往来账户 (wǎnglái zhànghù)checking account
- 支票賬戶 /支票账户 (zhīpiào zhànghù)checking account
Czech běžný účet
- běžný účetchecking account
Dutch lopende rekening van de betalingsbalans, betaalrekening
- lopende rekening van de betalingsbalanspart of balance of payments
- betaalrekeningchecking account
- lopende rekeningchecking account
Finnish vaihtotase, käyttötili
- vaihtotasepart of balance of payments
- käyttötilichecking account
- käyttelytilichecking account
- šekkitilichecking account
French compte courant
- compte courantchecking account
German Leistungsbilanz, Girokonto
- Leistungsbilanzpart of balance of payments
- Girokontochecking account
- Kontokorrentkontochecking account
- laufendes Kontochecking account
Greek Ισοζύγιο Τρεχουσών Συναλλαγών
- Ισοζύγιο Τρεχουσών Συναλλαγών (Isozýgio Trechousón Synallagón)part of balance of payments
Hindi चालू खाता
- चालू खाता (cālū khātā)checking account
Hungarian folyó fizetési mérleg, folyószámla
- folyó fizetési mérlegpart of balance of payments
- folyószámlachecking account
Indonesian akun berjalan, akun perhitungan
- akun berjalanpart of balance of payments
- akun perhitunganpart of balance of payments
Irish cuntas reatha
- cuntas reathachecking account
Italian conto corrente
- conto correntechecking account
Japanese 経常勘定, 当座預金
- 経常勘定 (keijōkanjō)part of balance of payments
- 当座預金 (tōzayokin)checking account
Korean 당좌예금
- 당좌예금 (dangjwayegeum)checking account
Malay akaun semasa
- akaun semasapart of balance of payments
Norwegian Bokmål brukskonto
- brukskontochecking account
Polish rachunek bieżący, rachunek bieżący
- rachunek bieżącypart of balance of payments
- rachunek bieżącychecking account
Portuguese conta corrente
- conta correntechecking account
Romanian cont curent
- cont curentchecking account
Russian торго́вый бала́нс, теку́щий счёт
- торго́вый бала́нс (torgóvyj baláns)part of balance of payments
- теку́щий счёт (tekúščij sčot)checking account
- че́ковый счёт (čékovyj sčot)checking account
- расчётный счёт (rasčótnyj sčot)checking account
Scottish Gaelic ruith-chunntas, cunntas-ruith
- ruith-chunntaschecking account
- cunntas-ruithchecking account
Slovak bežný účet
- bežný účetchecking account
Spanish cuenta corriente, cuenta de cheques
- cuenta corrientechecking account
- cuenta de chequeschecking account
- cuenta de débitochecking account
Swedish bytesbalans, kurantkonto
- bytesbalanspart of balance of payments
- kurantkontochecking account
- checkkontochecking account
Turkish cari hesap
- cari hesapchecking account
Ukrainian пото́чний раху́нок
- пото́чний раху́нок (potóčnyj raxúnok)checking account
Urdu بَچْت کَھاتَہ
- بَچْت کَھاتَہ (bact khāta)checking account
Vietnamese tài khoản vãng lai, tài khoản hiện hành
- tài khoản vãng laichecking account
- tài khoản hiện hànhchecking account
Welsh cyfrif cyfredol, cyfrif treigl
- cyfrif cyfredolchecking account
- cyfrif treiglchecking account
Cite this entry
APA
current account. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/current%20account
MLA
“current account.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/current%20account. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “current account,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/current%20account.
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