ISA | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of ISA in English ISAnoun [ C ] uk /ˈaɪ.sə/ us /ˈaɪ.sə/ Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for Individual Savings Account: a type of investment account in the UK in which the tax on income is lower than usual, and there is no tax on profits made from an increase in the value of shares Saving money

• bank
• deposit account
• deposit something with someone
• depositor
• direct deposit
• interest rate
• on deposit idiom
• pension plan
• put
• put something by phrasal verb
• redeposit
• retirement plan
• salt
• salt something away phrasal verb
• save/keep money for a rainy day idiom
• squirrel
• squirrel something away phrasal verb
• TESSA
• undersaver
• war chest

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ISA | Business English

ISAnoun [ C ] uk /ˈaɪsə/ us Add to word list Add to word list BANKING UK abbreviation for individual savings account: an investment account in which the investor does not have to pay tax on income or on the increase in value of shares: in/into an ISA They put £50 a month into an ISA. ISA entitlement/limit/allowance Raising the maximum ISA limits from £7200 to £10200 will encourage investment and saving.

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cash ISA equity ISA (Definition of ISA from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of ISA?

Translations of ISA

in Chinese (Traditional) 個人儲蓄帳戶（英國的一種投資帳戶，Individual Savings Account的縮寫）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 个人储蓄账户（英国的一种投资账户，Individual Savings Account的缩写）… See more in Spanish forma abreviada de "Individual Savings Account":, cuenta de ahorro individual… See more in Portuguese forma abreviada de "Individual Savings Account":, conta poupança, ISA… See more Need a translator?

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