Definition of inactive account

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inactive account -- a savings account on which no transaction has occurred (except the crediting of earnings) for a specific number of years. Also called a dormant account.

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Inactive account -- (Or slow account) ; an account to which debits and credits are not frequently added. An inactive account in a bank is one which is not frequently augmented by deposits and likewise is not frequently diminished by drafts upon (by checks drawn against) it. An inactive speculative account (as in stocks , grain, cotton or coffee, etc.) is one where the speculator does not buy and sell with frequency.



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