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numbered account

noun

, Finance.
  1. a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.


numbered account

noun

  1. banking an account identified only by a number, esp one in a Swiss bank that could contain funds illegally obtained
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of numbered account1

First recorded in 1960–65
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Example Sentences

It was deposited into a numbered account for MBN’s benefit, his associate said, with the notation, “Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs Supervision of Special Urgent Security Operations.”

Switzerland is the home of the numbered account: customers often specify that they prefer not to receive statements, in order to avoid a paper trail.

Under interrogation, he claimed that Menem had agreed to whitewash Iran’s role, and in exchange received ten million dollars, wired to his numbered account at the Bank of Luxembourg in Geneva.

Sophisticated pedigree students do like the fact that the great, influential mare Numbered Account appears twice in the family tree.

He put his secret numbered account information on a piece of paper?

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