The amount of money you have in your bank account

The bank's accounting of your transactions

A business that cashes checks, giving the customer cash in exchange for a fee for the service.

A plastic card that enables you to do ATM transactions and to make purchases instead of using cash or writing a check.

Money put into your account

Your employer automatically deposits your paycheck into your account.

To write a check or make a withdrawal when there isn't enough money in the account to pay for it.

Personal Identification Number. Needed to use an ATM card

A card that is loaded with a specific cash amount before you use it but then looks and works like a credit card until the full value is spent.

BONUS: A check with "VOID" written across it that make it non-negotiable.