- published: 23 May 2016
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Nostro and vostro (Italian, from Latin, noster and voster; English, 'ours' and 'yours') are accounting terms used to distinguish an account held for another entity from an account another entity holds. The entities in question are almost always, but need not be, banks.
It helps to recall that the term account refers to a record of transactions, whether current, past or future, and whether in money, or shares, or other countable commodities. Originally a bank account just meant the record kept by a banker of the money they were holding on behalf of a customer, and how that changed as the customer made deposits and withdrawals (the money itself probably being in the form of specie, such as gold and silver coin).
Some customers will keep their own records of their transactions, for instance, so they can check for errors by the bank. That record kept by the customer is also an account, of the money the bank is holding for them. When that customer is another bank, since they also keep other accounts (of the money they are holding for their customers) there is a need to clearly differentiate between these two types of accounts.
I am who I am
Who God says that I am.
A virtuous man who plants seeds.
I till my land and pull up weeds.
Yeah you know what I mean
I dream no dreams,
And I sleep no nights.
I have no friends.
But I am well known
I am unique and the only one
Yea I'm the only son
I am who I am
Anything I wanna be
Anywho, anyhow, anywhere I wanna be
Open your eyes can't you see
Come on come on follow my lead
I am a warrior, slayer, and I'm strong
Fighting demons all day long
Mezanmi map bat satan
Devoye'l ak kout baton
I am who I am, this is me.
Nu Star a man of God
Respectable, and unstoppable
I'm a spread the gospel until you know
[Chorus:]
Everywhere that I go, everybody wanna know [x2]