current account

Definitions

General English

• noun a bank account from which you can take money at any time

Accounting

• noun an account in an bank from which the customer can withdraw money when he or she wants. Current accounts do not always pay interest.
• noun an account of the balance of payments of a country relating to the sale or purchase of raw materials, goods and invisibles
• acronymC/A

Economics

• noun a bank account which pays little or no interest, but from which the customer can withdraw money when he or she wants by writing cheques.
• noun an account of the balance of payments recording a country’s imports and exports of goods and services and the money paid on or received from investments

Forex

• The state of a country's balance of trade, cash inflows and transfer payments resulting from current foreign trade activities as measured by net exports and net cash inflows.  A surplus or deficit in the current account will produce a corresponding change in the value of the country's foreign assets and currency.

Health Economics

• (written as Current Account)
  A part of the balance of payments.

Law

• noun an ordinary account in a bank into which money can be deposited and on which cheques can be drawn

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Contexts for “current account”

9 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Economics
• Forex
• Health Economics
• Law