Definition of the word banking

: the business of a bank or a banker

Example Sentences



They are both in banking.



He chose banking as a career.

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Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

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Merriam-Webster unabridged

bank·ing

 (băng′kĭng)

n.

1. The business of a bank.

2. The occupation of a banker.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

banking

(ˈbæŋkɪŋ)

n

(Banking & Finance) the business engaged in by a bank


banking

(ˈbæŋkɪŋ)

n

1. (Physical Geography) an embankment of a river

2. (Civil Engineering) another word for bank27

3. (Fishing) fishing on a sea bank, esp off the coast of Newfoundland

4. (Aeronautics) the manoeuvre causing an aircraft to bank

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bank•ing

(ˈbæŋ kɪŋ)

n.

the business carried on by or with a bank.

[1725–35]

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. banking - engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.banking — engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.

finance — the management of money and credit and banking and investments

right of offset — (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default

2. banking - transacting business with a bankbanking — transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.

finance — the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

home banking — banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer)

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Translations

banking

1 [ˈbæŋkɪŋ] N [of earth] → terraplén m, rampas fpl


banking

2 [ˈbæŋkɪŋ]

A. N (Comm, Fin) → banca f

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

banking

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banking house

nBankhaus nt

banking operation, banking transaction


banking

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n

(on road, racetrack) → Überhöhung f

(Aviat) → Kurvenflug m


banking

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nBankwesen nt; the world of bankingdie Bankwelt; he wants to go into bankinger will ins Bankfach or Bankgewerbe gehen attrBank-; the banking businessdas Bankgeschäft; the banking side of the businessdie Bankangelegenheiten der Firma

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Definitions of banking

  1. noun

    engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.

  2. noun

    transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.

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    home banking

    banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer)

    type of:

    finance

    the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

bank•ing /ˈbæŋkɪŋ/USA pronunciation  
n. [uncountable]

  1. Businessthe business carried on by or with a bank.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

bank•ing 
(bangking),USA pronunciation n. 

  1. Businessthe business carried on by a bank or a banker.
  2. Businessbanking as a profession.
  • bank2 + —ing1 1725–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

banking /ˈbæŋkɪŋ/ n

  1. the business engaged in by a bank

WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

bank1 /bæŋk/USA pronunciation  
n. 

    [countable]

  1. a long pile or heap;
    mass:a bank of clouds.
  2. a slope;
    incline:trees planted on the bank to the highway.
  3. Geographythe slope of land that borders a stream, river, or lake:The banks of the river had overflowed.

v.

  1. [+ object] to border with or like a bank: a round area banked with seats.
  2. to pile up or form into a bank: [+ object]The plow banked the snow into my driveway.[no object]The snow banked up about 30 feet during the blizzard.
  3. [+ object] to cover (a fire) with ashes to make it burn more slowly.
  4. Aeronautics to tip or incline to one side:[no object]The plane banked to the left.
  5. Civil Engineering, Rail Transport (of a road) to slope upward from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve:[no object]The road banks at a sharp angle here.

bank2 /bæŋk/USA pronunciation  
n. 

    [countable]

  1. Businessa business institution for receiving, lending, and keeping money safe.
  2. a small container for holding money, esp. coins.
  3. a special storage place: a blood bank.
  4. a reserve or collection:data banks.

v.

  1. Businessto keep or deposit (money) in a bank: [+ object]banked her salary.[no object]Where do you bank?
  2. bank on or upon, [+ on/upon + object] to count on;
    depend on:If she says she’ll be there, you can bank on it.

bank3 /bæŋk/USA pronunciation  
n. [countable]

  1. a group of objects in a line or a row.
  2. Electricitya number of similar devices connected to act together: a bank of computer terminals.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

bank1 
(bangk),USA pronunciation n. 

  1. a long pile or heap;
    mass:a bank of earth; a bank of clouds.
  2. a slope or acclivity.
  3. Geography[Physical Geog.]the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs.
  4. Oceanographya broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation.
  5. Mining[Coal Mining.]the surface around the mouth of a shaft.
  6. Civil Engineering, Rail Transport, Civil EngineeringAlso called cant, superelevation. the inclination of the bed of a banked road or railroad.
  7. Aeronauticsthe lateral inclination of an aircraft, esp. during a turn.
  8. Games[Billiards, Pool.]the cushion of the table.

v.t.

  1. to border with or like a bank;
    embank:banking the river with sandbags at flood stage.
  2. to form into a bank or heap (usually fol. by up):to bank up the snow.
  3. Civil Engineering, Rail Transportto build (a road or railroad track) with an upward slope from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve.
  4. Aeronauticsto tip or incline (an airplane) laterally.
  5. Games[Billiards, Pool.]
    • to drive (a ball) to the cushion.
    • to pocket (the object ball) by driving it against the bank.

  6. to cover (a fire) with ashes or fuel to make it burn long and slowly.

v.i.

  1. Meteorologyto build up in or form banks, as clouds or snow.
  2. Aeronauticsto tip or incline an airplane laterally.
  3. Time[Horol.](of a lever or balance) to be halted at either end of its oscillation by striking a pin or the like.
  4. Civil Engineering, Rail Transport(of a road or railroad track) to slope upward from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve.
  • Gmc *bank-ōn-; perh. akin to Sanskrit bhañj- bend, Lithuanian bangà wave; see bank3, bench
  • 1150–1200; Middle English banke, Old English hōbanca couch; cognate with Old Norse bakki elevation, hill, Swedish backe, Danish bakke

    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged embankment, mound, ridge, dike.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See shore1. 



bank2 
(bangk),USA pronunciation n. 

  1. Businessan institution for receiving, lending, exchanging, and safeguarding money and, in some cases, issuing notes and transacting other financial business.
  2. Businessthe office or quarters of such an institution.
  3. Games
    • the stock or fund of pieces from which the players draw.
    • the fund of the manager or the dealer.

  4. a special storage place:a blood bank; a sperm bank.
  5. a store or reserve.
  6. [Obs.]
    • a sum of money, esp. as a fund for use in business.
    • a moneychanger’s table, counter, or shop.

v.i.

  1. Businessto keep money in or have an account with a bank:Do you bank at the Village Savings Bank?
  2. Businessto exercise the functions of a bank or banker.
  3. Gamesto hold the bank.

v.t.

  1. Businessto deposit in a bank:to bank one’s paycheck.
  2. bank on or upon, to count on;
    depend on:You can bank on him to hand you a reasonable bill for his services.
  • Old High German bank bench
  • Italian banca table, counter, moneychanger’s table
  • Middle French banque
  • late Middle English 1425–75

bank3 
(bangk),USA pronunciation n. 

  1. an arrangement of objects in a line or in tiers:a bank of seats; a bank of lights.
  2. Music and Dancea row of keys on an organ.
  3. a row of elevator cars, as in a hotel or high-rise office building.
  4. a bench for rowers in a galley.
  5. a row or tier of oars.
  6. the group of rowers occupying one bench or rowing one oar.
  7. [Print.]
    • Printing(formerly) a bench on which sheets are placed as printed.
    • PrintingAlso called,[esp. Brit.,] random. the sloping work surface at the top of a compositor’s workbench.
    • Printinga table or rack on which type material is stored before being made up in forms.

  8. JournalismAlso called deck. a part of a headline containing one or more lines of type, esp. a part that appears below the main part.
  9. Electricitya number of similar devices connected to act together:a bank of transformers; a bank of resistors.

v.t.

  1. to arrange in a bank:to bank the seats; to bank the lights.
  • Gmc; see bank1
  • Old French banc bench
  • Middle English bank(e) 1200–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

bank /bæŋk/ n

  1. an institution offering certain financial services, such as the safekeeping of money, conversion of domestic into and from foreign currencies, lending of money at interest, and acceptance of bills of exchange
  2. the building used by such an institution
  3. a small container used at home for keeping money
  4. the funds held by a gaming house or a banker or dealer in some gambling games
  5. (in various games) the stock, as of money, pieces, tokens, etc, on which players may draw
  6. the player holding this stock
  7. any supply, store, or reserve, for future use: a data bank, a blood bank

vb

  1. (transitive) to deposit (cash, cheques, etc) in a bank
  2. (intransitive) to transact business with a bank
  3. (intransitive) to engage in the business of banking
  4. (intransitive) to hold the bank in some gambling games


See also bank onEtymology: 15th Century: probably from Italian banca bench, moneychanger’s table, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German banc bench

bank /bæŋk/ n

  1. a long raised mass, esp of earth; mound; ridge
  2. a slope, as of a hill
  3. the sloping side of any hollow in the ground, esp when bordering a river: the left bank of a river is on a spectator’s left looking downstream
  4. an elevated section, rising to near the surface, of the bed of a sea, lake, or river
  5. (in combination): sandbank, mudbank
  6. the area around the mouth of the shaft of a mine
  7. the face of a body of ore
  8. the lateral inclination of an aircraft about its longitudinal axis during a turn
  9. Also called: banking, camber, cant, superelevation a bend on a road or on a railway, athletics, cycling, or other track having the outside built higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force on vehicles, runners, etc, rounding it at speed and in some cases to facilitate drainage
  10. the cushion of a billiard table

vb

  1. when tr, often followed by up: to form into a bank or mound
  2. (transitive) to border or enclose (a road, etc) with a bank
  3. (tr,) sometimes followed by up: to cover (a fire) with ashes, fresh fuel, etc, so that it will burn slowly
  4. to cause (an aircraft) to tip laterally about its longitudinal axis or (of an aircraft) to tip in this way, esp while turning
  5. to travel round a bank, esp at high speed
  6. (transitive) to drive (a ball) into the cushion

Etymology: 12th Century: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Icelandic bakki hill, Old Danish banke, Swedish backe

bank /bæŋk/ n

  1. an arrangement of objects, esp similar objects, in a row or in tiers: a bank of dials
  2. a tier of oars in a galley

vb

  1. (transitive) to arrange in a bank

Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French banc bench, of Germanic origin; see bank1

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Meaning banking

What does banking mean? Here you find 31 meanings of the word banking. You can also add a definition of banking yourself

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«business of a banker,» 1735, verbal noun from bank (v).

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Setting aside, or put in reserve. For example, holiday time may be worked instead and the corresponding hours «banked», to be drawn upon at some future time. [D02402]

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The industry consisting of financial intermediaries that maintain deposits (that is, the industry of banks). Banking is one of several financial industries, with insurance and stock trading two other [..]

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engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or re [..]

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Definition In general terms, the business activity of accepting and safeguarding money owned by other individuals and entities, and then lending out this money in order to earn a profit.

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the business of a bank or banker

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See hot idling

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The industry involved with conducting financial transactions. Also, conducting business with a bank, e.g., maintaining a checking or savings account or obtaining a loan.

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Banking is the practice of accepting deposits for safekeeping, making payments as requested by depositors and, in many cases, loaning deposited funds for profit.  

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The stupidity of banks when it comes to security is beyond belief. Part of the problem is they are extremely conservative and still do banking as if the computer had not yet been invented. Here are a [..]

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(n) engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.(n) transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing fu [..]

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Australia’s banking system is regulated by the Federal Government. You will probably need to set up an Australian Bank Account when you arrive in Australia. There are specific identification require [..]

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The sloping of a racetrack, particularly at a curve or corner, from the apron to the outside wall. Degree of banking refers to the height of a track’s slope at its outside edge.

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The slope of the turns, which can help cars enter and exit the corners. A flat track would have 0 degrees of banking. A track with 15 degrees would have significant banking. The higher the degree of banking, the faster the cars will be able to travel. 

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A system for recording qualified air emission reductions for later use in bubble, offset, or netting transactions. (See: emissions trading.)

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A system for recording qualified air emission reductions for later use in bubble, offset, or netting transactions. (See: emissions trading.)

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A term for fishing the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. A vessel doing so was called a banker.

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A provision in air district

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Banking means accepting deposits of money, for the purpose of lending or investment, from public repayable on demand or otherwise, and withdrawable by checque, order or otherwise.

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A procedure by which excess gas that one shipper cannot use is lent to another shipper to be returned at a later date.

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Accepting for the purpose of lending or investment of deposits of money from Public, Repayable on demand or otherwise and withdraw able by cheques, drafts, order, etc.

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The activity undertaken by commercial and development banks that make up the banking system and constitute financial intermediation institutions. In other words, they take deposits which they pay inte [..]

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Throwing the bocce ball such that it hits and bounces off the sideboards towards the pallino.

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Depositing a period of timeshare usage into an exchange company’s “bank”. If you do not use a week in a particular year, you are generally allowed to “bank it” and use it at a later time. See Accrued Weeks, Block Banking and Space Banking.

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The segment within Wincor Nixdorf dealing with the development, manufacture and sale of hardware, software and services for customers in the banking industry.

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The industry consisting of financial intermediaries that maintain deposits (that is, the industry of banks). Banking is one of several financial industries, with insurance and stock trading two other [..]

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See "wetland banking".

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In the broadest sense of the term, “banking” is the business of accepting temporary responsibility for safeguarding other people’s money (“deposits”) and then lending out these funds (alo [..]

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A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indi [..]

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A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indi [..]

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The Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 (c 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that entered into force on the 21 February 2008 in order to enable the UK government to nationalise hi [..]

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WHAT DOES BANKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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A bank is a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities, either directly by loaning or indirectly through capital markets. A bank links together customers that have capital deficits and customers with capital surpluses. Due to their importance in the financial system and influence on national economies, banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most nations have institutionalised a system known as fractional reserve banking. They are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, known as the Basel Accords. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the 14th century in the rich cities of Renaissance Italy but in many ways was a continuation of ideas and concepts of credit and lending that had its roots in the ancient world. In the history of banking, a number of banking dynasties—notably the Medicis, the Fuggers, the Welsers, the Berenbergs and the Rothschilds—have played a central role over many centuries. The oldest existing retail bank is Monte dei Paschi di Siena, while the oldest existing merchant bank is Berenberg Bank.


Definition of banking in the English dictionary

The definition of banking in the dictionary is the business engaged in by a bank.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BANKING

Synonyms and antonyms of banking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «BANKING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «banking» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «banking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BANKING

Find out the translation of banking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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银行业务

1,325 millions of speakers

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banca

570 millions of speakers

English


banking

510 millions of speakers

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बैंकिंग

380 millions of speakers

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المصرفية

280 millions of speakers

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банковская

278 millions of speakers

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transações bancárias

270 millions of speakers

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ব্যাংকিং

260 millions of speakers

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opérations bancaires

220 millions of speakers

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Perbankan

190 millions of speakers

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Bankwesen

180 millions of speakers

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銀行業務

130 millions of speakers

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은행 업무

85 millions of speakers

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Banking

85 millions of speakers

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ngân hàng

80 millions of speakers

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வங்கி

75 millions of speakers

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बँकिंग

75 millions of speakers

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bankacılık

70 millions of speakers

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attività bancaria

65 millions of speakers

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bankowy

50 millions of speakers

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банківська

40 millions of speakers

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bancar

30 millions of speakers

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banking

15 millions of speakers

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bank

14 millions of speakers

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bank

10 millions of speakers

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bank

5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about banking

10 QUOTES WITH «BANKING»

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The attitude of the people proves that not only do we want to, but that we can succeed in pulling our country out of the difficult position it finds itself in. The banking system of our country will survive and grow.

We’ve got activists all across the country like the members of the Million Mom March organization, some of their leaders are here tonight. We’re phone banking congressional offices and pursuing editorial boards.

My grandmother got her law degree from Syracuse University in roughly 1911 and later co-founded with her husband an investment banking firm on Wall Street known as Lebenthal & Co.

Anything that benefits the public and not just big banking, that’s what I’m with.

The viral power of online media has proven how fast creative ideas can be spread and adopted, using tools like cellphones, digital cameras, micro-credit, mobile banking, Facebook, and Twitter. A perfect example? The way the Green Movement in Iran caught fire thanks to social media.

It’s Obama’s bad luck that he got elected just as the mayhem of the foreclosures, the banking collapse, and the General Motors disaster was accelerating the surge in unemployment to warp speed.

At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own reward and then lock the rest up in volatile, insecure and illiquid loans that at times they cannot redeem without public aid.

I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.

There was, of course, a global financial crisis. But our Labour predecessors left Britain exceptionally vulnerable and damaged: more personal debt than any other major economy; a dangerously inflated property bubble; and a bloated banking sector behaving as masters, not the servants of the people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BANKING»

Discover the use of banking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to banking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

1

Global Private Banking and Wealth Management: The New Realities

This book is welcome for providing a remarkably thorough, detailed and accurate overview of the industry and the issues it presently faces.

Introduces banks and banking, discussing their history, bank accounts, electronic banking, loans, working in a bank, and how to open a bank account.

Global Banking, Third Edition wades into the chaos and confusion of today’s global banking and capital market environment and strips out the central parts, so each can be examined separately.

Roy C. Smith, Ingo Walter, Gayle DeLong, 2012

This book covers the major areas of potential conflict, from disputes with domestic customers to those arising from global custodianship and international banking. It helps minimise risk, by explaining the correct procedures to follow.

David Warne, Nicholas Elliott, 2005

Provides people in small and medium-sized businesses with practical information and advice on how banks operate and how to do business with them

6

Banking Secrecy and Offshore Financial Centres: Money …

This book brings together the issues surrounding banking secrecy and confiscation of criminal proceeds in offshore financial centres.

Modern Banking focuses on the theory and practice of banking, and its prospects in the new millennium. The book is written for courses in banking and finance at Masters/MBA level, or undergraduate degrees specialising in this area.

8

Modern Banking Technology

The book covers the rich experience of the author in the field of banking and finance. The book will be found useful by banks, researchers, Executives / Directors, IT professionals, pursuers of courses on IT by IIBF, viz.

Dr. Firdos T. Shroff, 2007

9

Banking and Finance on the Internet

Edited by Internet expert Mary J. Cronin, Ph.D., with contributions from online innovators at leading firms worldwide, the book examines the impact of Web-based commerce on key issues and challenges for financial services, such as: «Virtual …

«Laissez-Faire Banking» is divided into three inter-related sections, dealing with the theory of free banking, historical experiences of it and present-day monetary and banking reforms based on free banking principles.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BANKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term banking is used in the context of the following news items.

ECB tightens noose on banking system as creditor powers punish …

The European Central Bank has tightened liquidity conditions for the Greek banking system following the landslide victory for the Leftist … «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Budget 2015: Banks tell Osborne to rethink the banking levy or risk …

Bankers were shocked by a clause in the last budget to raise the banking levy by 50 per cent and change it from a temporary to a permanent … «The Independent, Jul 15»

Greek crisis: Five banking issues causing headaches in Greece — BBC

… machines per day. Ros Atkins explains the banking restrictions and the impact are they having on everyday life in Greece. More information … «BBC News, Jul 15»

Greek referendum: we are back to wild markets of the 2008 banking

We’re back to the wild markets seen at the height of the banking crisis in 2008. Many fund managers, even last week, were expecting a strong … «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Banco Santander Hires Peter Voelker-Albert for New Corporate …

Banco Santander Hires Peter Voelker-Albert for New Corporate-Banking Position. Investment banker from BNP Paribas was named head of … «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Manulife Bank to install 830 automated banking machines across …

Manulife Bank to install 830 automated banking machines across … as it attempts to take a bigger share of the nation’s retail banking market. «Reuters, Jul 15»

5 Dumb Mobile Banking Mistakes | Bankrate.com

These days, banking is (literally) at your fingertips. If you want to deposit a check or see what’s left in your account, all you need is a smartphone … «Bankrate.com, Jul 15»

Cognizant biggest gainer in banking and finance deals — Times of India

BENGALURU: Cognizant’s incremental revenues in the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) vertical was the highest among IT … «Times of India, Jul 15»

Warning to Banking Industry: Innovate or Die — The Financial Brand

The banking industry is increasingly competitive, with product development, delivery and consumer engagement all being driven by the need … «The Financial Brand, Jul 15»

Australia a hotbed for digital banking tests: Citi

«People who are getting into banking and bringing new services [such as payments and peer-to-peer lending] … they’re doing amazing jobs. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

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  • Defenition of the word banking

    • Transactional business between any bank and that bank’s clients or customers.
    • transacting business with a bank
    • engaging in the business of banking
    • transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.
    • engaging in the business of banking; maintaining savings and checking accounts and issuing loans and credit etc.
    • engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.

Hyponyms for the word banking

    • home banking

Hypernyms for the word banking

    • finance

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noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

electronic banking

Internet banking

Internet shopping/banking

▪ The new regulations will increase customer confidence in Internet shopping.

▪ Internet banking saves customers a lot of time.

online banking

telephone banking

the economic/banking system

▪ There are fears that the whole banking system could collapse.

the financial/banking sector (=the part of the economy to do with money and finance)

▪ The UK financial sector is looking healthier than ever.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

central

▪ The decree reaffirmed central banking control pending the conclusion of a new union treaty.

▪ It is a time for Germanically cautious central banking.

commercial

▪ Standard is selling most of its continental commercial banking operations to WestLB for £100m.

▪ The commercial banking and finance sector was booming as of September 1991.

domestic

▪ It thus provides lower cost loans by operating with narrower interest rate margins than those of domestic banking operations.

▪ In 1989 Midland increased its domestic banking division’s bad-debt charges by 53%, from £51m in 1988 to £78m.

▪ Such transactions are recorded in a separate set of books from purely domestic banking business.

▪ We provide a complete range of domestic and international banking services.

free

▪ He also pledged that Midland did not intend to end free banking for personal customers in credit by introducing new charges.

▪ But now Girobank are offering free banking to clubs and voluntary organisations as long as the account stays in credit.

▪ That way, you can continue to enjoy FREE banking.

▪ Customers still get landed with unexpected bills for bank charges, despite the arrival of the age of free banking.

▪ In 1985 free in-credit banking was reintroduced, but to off-set these costs the programme for electronic banking was speeded up.

▪ You need £100 in your account to qualify for free banking.

international

▪ The main reasons for the development of international banking have been dealt with in this chapter.

▪ The main Pearson interests remained in international banking, property and business.

▪ Explain the growth of international banking in recent years. 3.

▪ Why is London the main international banking centre? 6.

▪ The search was led by Malcolm Wilcox, the general manager of international banking.

▪ The international banking system began to crack.

▪ The world of international banking is now full of aggressive, bright, but hopelessly inexperienced lenders in their mid-twenties.

new

▪ A sound banking system matched to new banking needs.

▪ Grow together with Saitama Bank — sound, experienced and flexible in matching its services to new banking needs.

retail

▪ If this trend continues, building societies are poised to provide a greater competitive challenge to the retail banking sector. 2.

■ NOUN

business

▪ The focus of interest here is the extent to which the building societies are likely to make inroads into traditional banking business.

▪ This is the largest of the wholesale markets, and its existence has revolutionized banking business.

▪ Banks carrying on offshore banking business in Labuan are not subject to exchange controls.

▪ Such transactions are recorded in a separate set of books from purely domestic banking business.

▪ He was educated at the University of Leiden between 1747 and 1749, and then entered the family’s banking business.

facility

▪ They specialize in providing branch banking facilities to individuals.

▪ Retail banking facilities were provided to meet the needs of settlers.

▪ Such overseas business represented not so much diversification as a natural development of banking facilities to meet customer needs.

group

▪ We are privileged to be part of one of the largest worldwide banking groups.

▪ Standard Chartered, the banking group, rose 4p to 535p.

▪ In countries where banking is small-scale and fragmented there are initiatives to promote larger banking groups.

investment

▪ Many of the new moves are into more sophisticated areas such as investment banking and specialised services.

▪ The decision to avoid this sector was consciously taken, but now Boyden is moving into recruiting in investment banking.

merchant

▪ The company recently appointed Charterhouse as merchant banking advisers which will help it identify the options.

▪ A strong merchant banking contribution was more than offset by losses on investment management and stockbroking and some heavy loan provisions.

▪ The group’s merchant banking adviser, Kleinwort Benson, is searching for suitable partners.

▪ Maybe merchant banking is the ultimate microcosm for life after all.

▪ Most of the fall came as a result of the release of provisions in the merchant banking and securities division.

operation

▪ It thus provides lower cost loans by operating with narrower interest rate margins than those of domestic banking operations.

▪ Standard is selling most of its continental commercial banking operations to WestLB for £100m.

▪ A shareholders’ meeting is now understood to be being planned to discuss the future of the banking operation.

▪ The jump follows a big increase in bad debts reported last week by the private banking operations of Lloyds Bank.

sector

▪ There are two important distinctions to be made in the type of business done in the banking sector.

▪ Sydney: Continued activity in the banking sector helped the All Ordinaries index to close 7.4 points higher at 1,743.4.

▪ It is responsible for ensuring the smooth working of the banking sector and other financial institutions.

▪ If this trend continues, building societies are poised to provide a greater competitive challenge to the retail banking sector. 2.

▪ It is clear that for the banking sector as a whole, foreign currency business predominates.

▪ The figures also show the fact that the growth of foreign currency business has been primarily located in the wholesale banking sector.

▪ The initial increase in liquidity from the sale of government securities to the banking sector is given by item 1.

▪ It will be seen that the bulk of the funding for the discount market comes from banking sector institutions.

service

▪ Payment for shipping services, income from tourism, banking services and interest payments from international loans are other examples of invisibles.

▪ We provide a complete range of domestic and international banking services.

▪ Finding a Unique Selling Point for banking services is no easy matter these days.

▪ I should be sorry to have to advise the Parish Council to look elsewhere for banking services.

system

▪ The more complex the banking system, the more difficult it is to do this.

▪ Two-tier banking system introduced: a federal reserve comprising republican central banks, and commercial banks formed from sectoral state banks.

▪ This process involved the establishment of international laws and regulations covering prices, currency dealings and banking systems.

▪ Bundesbank reform On June 17 the Bundestag gave final approval to controversial legislation reforming the structure of the federal banking system.

▪ The international banking system began to crack.

▪ The normal process of money creation is taking place within the banking system.

▪ The government might then borrow these funds from the banking system.

▪ Hopefully, the reader should now understand the banking principle that every loan creates a deposit in the banking system.

■ VERB

provide

▪ They specialize in providing branch banking facilities to individuals.

▪ Their business now is to provide banking and financial services to the corporate as opposed to personal sectors.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

banking/drug/health etc czar

▪ Barry R.. McCaffrey, White House drug czar.

▪ Our drug czar watches in impotence as shooting wars between drug gangs erupt in city after city.

▪ Similarly, when Dole asserts that Clinton reduced the office of drug czar by 83 percent, he is on solid ground.

▪ Standouts include Douglas’s anti-drugs czar whose daughter is a crackhead.

▪ When drug traffic escalates, they appoint a national drug czar.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ Although that crisis seemed serious then, compared with the present threat to the world banking system, it was small beer.

▪ By appealing directly to his fellow-citizens and banking on a generous response, the President may just have gambled correctly.

▪ Customers still get landed with unexpected bills for bank charges, despite the arrival of the age of free banking.

▪ Hardly what you might call an international banking centre.

▪ It is a time for Germanically cautious central banking.

▪ Maybe merchant banking is the ultimate microcosm for life after all.

▪ Retail banking facilities were provided to meet the needs of settlers.

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noun

the business carried on by a bank or a banker.

banking as a profession.

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Origin of banking

First recorded in 1725–35; bank2 + -ing1

Words nearby banking

bank examiner, Bank Giro, Bankhead, bank holiday, bank indicator, banking, banking account, banking pin, banking principle, bankit, bank loan

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How to use banking in a sentence

  • Guy Fieri partners with Robert Earl, king of themed restaurants, on Flavortown ghost restaurants throughout the countryGuy Fieri is the latest chef banking on ghost kitchens to expand his brand in the middle of the pandemic.

  • Djamo is one of such companies taking advantage of this opportunity to bring affordable and seamless banking to the region.

  • Mort acknowledges that much of the innovation in fintech has historically focused on the banking industry while the insurance industry has been slower to innovate.

  • When asked about his own experiences, Blair notes the degrees did not prepare him for his early career in banking.

  • The last-minute rule has been met by broad condemnation, with consumer groups, Democrats and the banking industry in rare alignment in opposition.

  • Banking malware and certain “crimeware” kits have been using this model for years.

  • You want less concentration in banking—at least the type that will screw the little guy and imperil the economy?

  • A Colorado-based full- service residential mortgage banking company.

  • He was shouting up at the darkened windows of banking executives who could not hear a word he was saying.

  • Washington now found himself unable to even see the lands he was banking on to leave a lasting fortune.

  • The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.

  • The result of the restoration of trade, banking, and credit to earlier and more normal conditions has been steadily apparent.

  • The wind is howling, and the rain is pelting against the parlour windows of the Banking-house, whose blinds are drawn close down.

  • No sooner was the meeting at an end, than he left the Banking-house, and turned his steps towards home.

  • The percentage of reserves to deposits, which marks the safety line for England, refers to the items in the banking department.

British Dictionary definitions for banking (1 of 2)


noun

the business engaged in by a bank

British Dictionary definitions for banking (2 of 2)


noun

an embankment of a river

fishing on a sea bank, esp off the coast of Newfoundland

the manoeuvre causing an aircraft to bank

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Princeton’s WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bankingnoun

    engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.

  2. bankingnoun

    transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

  1. bankingnoun

    The business of managing a bank

  2. bankingnoun

    The occupation of managing or working in a bank

  3. bankingnoun

    A horizontal turn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. banking

    A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.
    Because banks play an important role in financial stability and the economy of a country, most jurisdictions exercise a high degree of regulation over banks. Most countries have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking, under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, the Basel Accords.
    Banking in its modern sense evolved in the fourteenth century in the prosperous cities of Renaissance Italy but in many ways functioned as a continuation of ideas and concepts of credit and lending that had their roots in the ancient world. In the history of banking, a number of banking dynasties – notably, the Medicis, the Fuggers, the Welsers, the Berenbergs, and the Rothschilds – have played a central role over many centuries. The oldest existing retail bank is Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (founded in 1472), while the oldest existing merchant bank is Berenberg Bank (founded in 1590).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

  1. Banking

    of Bank

  2. Bankingnoun

    the business of a bank or of a banker

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. banking

    A general term applied to fishing on the great bank of
    Newfoundland.

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  1. banking

    The business, structures, systems, processes, procedures, regulation, rules, governance and management of a bank.

    The banking sector are now paying their fair share of tax to the governments around the world just like every business should.

    Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word ‘banking’ in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4325

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word ‘banking’ in Nouns Frequency: #1782

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of banking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of banking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of banking in a Sentence

  1. George Chouliarakis:

    The basic goal is continuity so that precious time is not wasted. There has to be progress on the issue of reinforcing the Greek banking system as quickly as possible.

  2. Julie Metcalf Kinney:

    The tactics we are facing, of sneaky and illegal foreclosure tactics, predatory banking and loans, elected judges who take campaign contributions from the real estate industry, coupled with violence from law enforcement and no real due process, have been used across this historically Black neighborhood to displace Black and poor people, if Black and Indigenous lives matter in Portland, this must stop.

  3. Soul Htite:

    I doubt that people born today are ever going to have a bank account the same way you and I have a bank account, i think we’re going to see the banking world completely transform.

  4. Rudo Kwaramba:

    World Vision strengthened … electronic banking controls, and approval mechanisms. We also established new internal audit procedures to improve the detection of fraud, theft, and collusion.

  5. Maia Santos Deguito:

    I am but a pawn in a high-stakes chess game played by giants in international banking and high finance, if this committee is looking for the ‘grandmaster,’ it is not me.

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