English Explanatory Dictionary

favor bank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A notional bank where favors (acts of goodwill in a relationship) are tallied up.

Word forms

favor bank

Etymology

Popularized in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987).

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