| A: | Next, please. May I help you, sir? |
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| B: | Hello, yes, I'd like to open a bank account. |
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| A: | Certainly, I can can help you with that. What type of account would you like to open? A chequing or a savings account? |
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| B: | What What features do they offer? |
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| A: | Well, if you just take a look here, see, with our chequing account, you can have unlimited daily transactions for a small monthly fee, and our savings account has a higher interest rate, but you must carry a minimum balance of $ 10,000 dollars. |
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| B: | I see, well, I think I'm more interested in a chequing account; I like to have easy access to my money. |
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| A: | Alright, then, with this chequing account you'll be issued a debit card and a cheque book. Will you require overdraft protection? There is an extra fee for that. |
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| B: | No, that won't be necessary. |
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| A: | In that case, I'll get you to fill out this paperwork; I'll need your social insurance number, and two pieces of government ID. If you could just sign here, and here, and here; we'll be all set. Would you like to make a deposit today? |
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| B: | Yes, I'd like to deposit one billion dollars. |
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| feature | common noun, plural | interesting or important quality |
| chequing account | common noun, singular | a regular account for daily transations |
| transaction | common noun, plural | an occurrence in which money is transfered from one person, or one account, to another |
| savings account | common noun, singular | an account for people to keep their money, usually offers a higher interest rate |
| balance | common noun, singular | the amount of money in a bank account |
| access | common noun, singular | a way to get to something |
| debit card | common noun, singular | a card for you to take money out of your bank account |
| overdraft | common noun, singular | taking out more money than what is available in the account |
| I'll get you | phrase | (a way to ask people to do things) |
| I'll need your | phrase | (a way to request people to provide something) |
| If you could just | phrase | (a polite way of asking people to do things) |
| deposit | common noun, singular | an amount of money that is put in a bank account |
| credit card | common noun, singular | a card to buy things and pay for them later |
| online banking | common noun, non-variable | a service that allows people to do transactions online |
| telephone banking | common noun, non-variable | a service that allows people to do transactions by phone |
| cheque book | common noun, singular | a book of cheques for use with a chequing account |
| terms and conditions | common noun, non-variable | an outline of the rules and company policies of a particular product or service |
| high interest account | common noun, singular | a savings account that offers higher than usual interest rate |
| teller | common noun, singular | a person working in a bank, who helps customers with daily transactions |