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General account

A margin Account provided to a Customer by a Brokerage, in Federal Reserve Board terminology. Regulation T requires that all transactions involving Credit given to the Customer must be made in a General account.

Related Terms: 14 Account, Action, Broker, Brokerage, Customer, Credit, Fed, Federal Reserve Board, General account, Margin, Margin account, Regulation T, Transaction, Term
Other Related Pages: Category: Brokerages Starting With: G
Additional Related Terms: 10-Q, 10-K, Account, Account statement, Account aggregation, Account balance, Active account, Alternate account, Asset management account, At par