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time deposit definition - finance
A deposit account that has a set time until it matures, at which time the funds can be accessed. Exceptions do exist that allow the funds to be accessed before the account matures, typically with the payment of a penalty.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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