noun
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an embankment of a river
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another word for bank 2
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fishing on a sea bank, esp off the coast of Newfoundland
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the manoeuvre causing an aircraft to bank
noun
Etymology
Origin of banking
Vocabulary lists containing banking
Western Europe - Introductory
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Example Sentences
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Within seconds, he had been asked to agree a zero pounds transaction on his banking app, which he agreed.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
She shared more of her incredible story: She’d been one of the first women, let alone Chinese American women, in the fields of investment banking and venture capital in the 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The deal was watched closely across the banking industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
With drought episodes only expected to increase, operators are banking on better-suited vessels and greater intermodality, or the added use of trains and trucks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
All day Pa was busy, banking the little house and the barn with dead leaves and straw, held down by stones, to keep out the cold.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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