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destination account

A destination account is the account that is to receive money in a payment or transfer.

In plain English

This means the receiving side of a payment or transfer. It is the account money is meant to go into, rather than the one it comes from.

In context

Here, destination account labels the account that the funds are being sent to.

Situation
Sending transfers, receiving payouts, withdrawing funds, and reading wallet balances
What it communicates
Labels the account funds will be sent to.

Meaning limits

The term alone identifies only the receiving account, not who controls it or whether the transfer has been completed.

Examples

“In the transfer, her savings account was the destination account, and the money came from her main account.”

Core meaning

“Staff entered the supplier's account as the destination account on the payment form.”

In context