An account at the bank VERSUS an account with a bank

[flowers]

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #11 "Accounts", question 4

Once you are earning money and you want to keep it safe, you can always ......... an account with a bank.

(a) open
(b) start
(c) begin
(d) commence

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #11 "Accounts", answer 4

Once you are earning money and you want to keep it safe, you can always open an account with a bank.

Correct answer: (a) open

Your answer was: correct
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Hi,

why is the preposition "with" in the phrase open an account with a bank? could it also be open an account at the bank?

flower

[Yankee]

Hi flowers

In this case, you can use either prepostion (with or at) to say the same thing.

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English