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| deposit an account (В.И.Макаров); load the account (Perfectmoney Julchonok); deposit account (Perfectmoney Julchonok); make a deposit to one's account (Perfectmoney Julchonok); replenish an account (shori); fund one's account (Alex_Odeychuk); deposit funds into an account (Alex_Odeychuk) | |||
| add funds (YelenaPestereva) | |||
| top up (мобильного телефона: If you are not subscribed to Auto Refill, you should top up to recover your balance.); add credit (italki.com); buy some credit (to one's phone: Can you tell me where I can buy some credit for my phone? • With that accomplished we just walked around town, and found a shop where Moni could buy some credit for the phone.); add some talk time (italki.com); put some money on one's phone (italki.com); add credit to one's phone (italki.com) | |||
refill (one's phone) "Top up" is known in the U.S., being the terminology used by MetroPCS, Boost Mobile, NET10, and of course Virgin Mobile. The major prepaid providers, however– T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Wireless– all use refill. Because pre-paid mobile plans are not as prevalent in the U.S., I would always specify that it is your phone whether you are topping up, refilling, adding credit, or adding minutes." (english.stackexchange.com) • But the other common use of top-up these days is what you do to a pay-as-you-go (BrE) mobile/(AmE) cell phone. ... Which led me to wonder: what do Americans say for that? Pay-as-you-go phones are much more common in the UK than in the US, but from what I can gather from the interwebs, refill is used in this context too. Here's a 2004 news release about an American "prepay" phone service: "As always, Verizon Wireless prepay service allows customers to refill their minutes over the phone, at a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, online, as well as at RadioShack, Circuit City and other authorized agents."  blogspot.com 4uzhoj); add minutes (to one's phone 4uzhoj); refill the account (мобильного телефона ART Vancouver) | |||
| recharge ("In the UK the reason you can't make any calls until you recharge will always be understood to mean your mobile's battery is running out, not your talktime credit." "In Australia we just say 'I need to charge my phone'. I'm sure there are a few exceptions but 'recharge' is generally understood in terms of needing to buy phone credit." stackexchange.com Ivan Gribanov) | |||
| top up (мобильного телефона; "In the UK and in some parts of Australia you need to top up. In the UK, the reason you can't make any calls until you recharge will always be understood to mean your mobile's battery is running out, not your talktime credit." (english.stackexchange.com) • But the other common use of top-up these days is what you do to a pay-as-you-go mobile phone. The picture ('top-up') is a common site in the windows of corner shops and petrol stations in the UK. blogspot.com 4uzhoj); top up one's phone (italki.com 4uzhoj) | |||
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