banking

[bang-king]

noun

1. the business carried on by a bank or a banker.

2. banking as a profession.

banking

¹

/ ˈbæŋkɪŋ /

noun

1. an embankment of a river

2. another word for bank 2

3. fishing on a sea bank, esp off the coast of Newfoundland

4. the manoeuvre causing an aircraft to bank

banking

²

/ ˈbæŋkɪŋ /

noun

1. the business engaged in by a bank

Word History and Origins

Origin of banking¹

First recorded in 1725–35; bank ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Democrats -- emboldened by polling showing voters mostly blaming the shutdown on Republicans -- are banking on increasing public support in a prolonged standoff.

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But the latest bugaboo from the banking lobby is the possibility of other companies rewarding customers for using stablecoins.

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OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada’s No. 2 official endorsed a competition shakeup in the highly concentrated financial-services industry, saying the country’s banking sector is an oligopoly and changes could help lift Canada’s prolonged productivity slump.

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The move to create the FPC is in line with recommendations from the finance and expenditure committee’s recent inquiry into banking competition.

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While banking and insurance issues had dominated early Wall Street, by 1856, the value of railroad stocks and bonds was greater than everything else combined, according to Sobel in “The Big Board.”

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