account holder

collocation in English

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account
noun
uk
/əˈkaʊnt/us
/əˈkaʊnt/
an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you ...
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holder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhəʊl.dər/us
/ˈhoʊl.dɚ/
a device for putting objects in or for keeping them ...
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(Definition ofaccountandholderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the permission of theaccountholdermust also be obtained before accounts can be debited.
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In that case, the account would qualify for the bonus entitlement via the second namedaccountholder.
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I shall vote against this, as this is highly detrimental to the ordinaryaccountholder.
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Anaccountholdercannot extinguish the whole of his account.
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The cheques are returned to theaccountholderwithin a month.
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The bonus entitlement does not get credited to the first namedaccountholderas an individual but to the account.
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The person who happens to be the first namedaccountholderdoes not necessarily have a greater interest than the other account holders.
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If the first namedaccountholderqualifies, it is important that the second namedaccountholdershould not qualify.
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It is alleged that, after the £2 million had dribbled in, theaccountholderrequested that the sum be transferred to an offshore account.
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If a woman is anaccountholderin a building society and marries, she will create a joint account with her husband.
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Subsection (3) sets out cases where anotheraccountholderhas priority—where there is a prior claim over the bonus.
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As he has held the account for more than two years, he would clearly qualify as the first-namedaccountholder.
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Her new husband, as the new first-namedaccountholder, must begin a two-year qualifying period in his name.
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That well-intentioned step, made during the two-year qualifying period for quite different reasons, can result in theaccountholderlosing his or her bonus entitlement.
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On payment, if a giroaccountholdermakes a payment to someone who is not anaccountholder, it is the payer who will pay.
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Someone other than the telephoneaccountholdermay run up large bills using the services without the knowledge of theaccountholder.
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The charges actually made may reflect the extent and range of services used by theaccountholder, and the balance maintained in the account.
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In the first example, she marries, she closes her account and opens a joint one on which her husband is the first namedaccountholder.
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She would then become the jointaccountholderand would be entitled to receive a distribution.
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Why should not the wife have a moral entitlement to receive the distribution as the longeraccountholder?
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