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CHECKING CHARGES [3 records]

Record 1 2012-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

[A] deposit account into which funds are periodically transferred from various local banks, via wire transfer or automated clearing house debit, from other accounts in the same bank, or in different banks.

CONT

Cash Concentration Account[ :] Once your deposited checks have cleared and your electronic deposits have been received, your General Disbursement Account would be maintained by us at a target balance sufficient to cover all banking services. This will eliminate the payment of checking account service charges. Your other accounts will be maintained at a zero balance.

CONT

Surplus funds in the accounts in the cash centralization network are automatically transferred to the concentration account at a company’s head office bank branch at the end of the day.

Key term(s)
  • hold account

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

Grâce à l'accélération des dépôts, la gestion de votre trésorerie devient plus facile. Les fonds de votre entreprise sont aussitôt portés au crédit de votre compte centralisateur et disponibles immédiatement, peu importe le lieu des dépôts.

Key term(s)
  • compte entonnoir
  • compte de rapatriement

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Restaurant Industry (General)
CONT

Even though there is no set policy when it comes to meal charges and meal checking, there is a set structure involved in charging people. This structure begins with the hiring of the meal checker, whose job description reads that they "... must monitor food line at meals in Dining Hall, check students on meal plan and bonafide guests. Receive payments from others. Maintain record of cash sales and turn in cash receipt. Keep count of meals served. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Restauration (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

A fee charged when there are not enough funds in an account to cover a given transaction.

CONT

NSF fees and overdraft-protection fees both stem from a customer's overextension of his checking account, there is one big difference. NSF fees are more old-fashioned : If the account doesn’t have enough money to cover a check, the bank rejects it and charges a fee usually between $25 and $35 per check.

Key term(s)
  • non sufficient funds fee
  • non sufficient funds charge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

S'il reçoit un chèque sans provision, le locateur peut demander au locataire d'assumer les frais d'insuffisance de provision que lui réclame son institution bancaire, plus des frais administratifs d'au plus 20 $.

OBS

Le client comprend qu'il a la responsabilité de s'assurer que le montant du solde à payer par débit est disponible dans son compte, faute de quoi des frais d'insuffisance de fonds seront exigés.

Spanish

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