banco
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
to make such a declaration.
Origin of banco
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How to use banco in a sentence
Platshorn and his crew was the first bust by Operation banco, as the joint task force was known.
America’s Biggest Marijuana Ring: Black Tuna Tells All | Tony Doukopil | March 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCitibank restructured the banco Hipotecário, and paid back the $43 million loan four years before it was due.
In Bolivia, Serving a Prior Government Can Make You a Political Prisoner | Mac Margolis | December 29, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTIt began harmlessly enough, with a call from the manager of banco Bilbao in Malaga, who asked Schiller to stop by.
The wretched young man persistently exercises his right of crying "banco," and so practically going double or quits each time.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsIn 1904 the position of the “banco Español-Filipino” (vide p. 258) was officially discussed.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
Nanni di banco, Vasari tells us, was a man who "inherited a competent patrimony, and one by no means of inferior condition."
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonThe banco Nacional was founded and the public credit, which had fallen very low, was speedily restored.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4 | Henry Charles LeaThe horse-headed Englishman cried "banco," which means that he would play the banker for the whole amount.
Simon the Jester | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for banco
/ (ˈbæŋkəʊ) /
a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank
Origin of banco
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