You should note that a depositor's checking account balance in the bank's records is a liability.

您应该注意到，存户的支票帐户余额在银行的纪录是责任。

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If you go to a savings bank, or a savings and loan, or a commercial bank and you say, I want to open up a checking account--that's a deposit; or, I want to open up a saving account--that's a deposit.

如果你去一个储蓄银行或者商业银行，去储蓄或者贷款，你说，我想开个支票账户，这就是储蓄;,或者说我先开个存款账户，这就是储蓄。

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