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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

credit account; charge account

Does 'credit account' or 'charge account' mean a deal by a credit card, rather than paying cash directly?
  

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Hi Not so. Charge account is an account to which goods and services are charged on credit. While 'charge account' is AmE, 'credit account' is a British term having the same meaning.

— Prajwalkr

  • Hi Not so.
  • Charge account is an account to which goods and services are charged on credit.
  • While 'charge account' is AmE, 'credit account' is a British term having the same meaning.
  • Prajwal
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Hi
Not so.
Charge account is an account to which goods and
services are charged on
credit.
While 'charge account' is AmE, 'credit account' is a British term having the same meaning.

Prajwal
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Is credit card a kind of charge account?
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contrapositionsome explanation please?
Sure, here I go.
If you purchase something with a credit card you are billed on a charge account. However, a charge account is just an account in the bank.

Eg:
You have a charge account with a balance of 50000 bucks. You have a credit card to that account. If you use this credit card to buy an iPad
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After you posted this reply, I consulted a dictionary for learners. With all due respect, its definition, however, contradicts what you said.

Would you please see? : http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/charge%20account
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contrapositionIts definition, however, contradicts what you said.
No, it is on my side.

You link:
charge account noun
plural ~ -counts
[count] US: an arrangement in which a bank, store, etc.,
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