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Old January 25th 12, 02:49 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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In message , at 09:35:52 on Wed, 25 Jan
2012, Stephen Sprunk remarked:
Although a "deposit account" is the UK term for a long term savings
account, and most people will only have a debit card linked to checking
(aka current) account.


At least in US parlance, a "deposit account" is a checking, savings or
time deposit account. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deposit_account


That article badly needs some international aspect adding to it.
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On 25-Jan-12 09:49, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:35:52 on Wed, 25 Jan
2012, Stephen Sprunk remarked:
Although a "deposit account" is the UK term for a long term savings
account, and most people will only have a debit card linked to checking
(aka current) account.


At least in US parlance, a "deposit account" is a checking, savings or
time deposit account. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deposit_account


That article badly needs some international aspect adding to it.


It's Wikipedia: if you don't like it, fix it.

S


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In message , at 11:23:19 on Wed, 25 Jan
2012, Stephen Sprunk remarked:
That article badly needs some international aspect adding to it.


It's Wikipedia: if you don't like it, fix it.


I've given up, everything I edit someone else just puts back the way it
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