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banco

[ bang-koh, bahng- ]

noun

, plural ban·cos.
  1. 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.


verb (used without object)

  1. to make such a declaration.

banco

/ ˈbæŋkəʊ /

interjection

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of banco1

1745–55; < French < Italian < Germanic; bank 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of banco1

C18: from French from Italian: bank
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Example Sentences

Platshorn and his crew was the first bust by Operation Banco, as the joint task force was known.

Citibank restructured the Banco Hipotecário, and paid back the $43 million loan four years before it was due.

It 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.

In 1904 the position of the “Banco Español-Filipino” (vide p. 258) was officially discussed.

Nanni di Banco, Vasari tells us, was a man who "inherited a competent patrimony, and one by no means of inferior condition."

The Banco Nacional was founded and the public credit, which had fallen very low, was speedily restored.

The horse-headed Englishman cried "banco," which means that he would play the banker for the whole amount.

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