English Explanatory Dictionary

banking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The business of managing a bank.
  2. The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
  3. Investment banking.
  4. A horizontal turn.
  5. A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
  6. The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of bank

Pronunciation

/ˈbæŋkɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-banking.wav /ˈbeɪ̯ŋkɪŋ/ /ˈbɛ̃ŋkɪŋ/

Word forms

banking bankings

Synonyms

bankerage

Derived words

antibanking banking engine banking game banking house banking pin biobanking commercial banking cyberbanking e-banking food banking fractional reserve banking home banking i-banking Internet banking investment banking landbanking narrow banking neobanking nonbanking online banking open banking phone banking private banking retail banking seed banking shadow banking shadow banking system telebanking time banking time-banking universal banking wildcat banking
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