CHARGE ACCOUNT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does charge account mean? 

• CHARGE ACCOUNT (noun)
  The noun CHARGE ACCOUNT has 1 sense:

1. credit extended by a business to a customer

  Familiarity information: CHARGE ACCOUNT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARGE ACCOUNT (noun)

Meaning:

Credit extended by a business to a customer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

charge account; credit account; open account

Hypernyms ("charge account" is a kind of...):

charge account credit; open-end credit; revolving credit (a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge account"):

revolving charge account (a charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balance)