charge account

charge account (plural charge accounts)

1. (US) A type of credit facility provided by a bank or store, to which goods and services purchased can be charged, allowing the customer to defer payment until a later date.

   Synonym: (UK) credit account

   Coordinate term: debit account

• chargecard
• line of credit

• “charge account”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “charge account”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “charge account” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.