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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Orcel joined UniCredit as CEO in 2021, and has been in an on-and-off-again effort to consolidate Italy’s fragmented banking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
“Only larger European banking champions, with European and global visions, detached from national control, can play this role,” Angeloni said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
But that is banking on the court moving at its usual glacial pace.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026
On Monday Reuters reported that European intelligence agencies had prepared “a note on the probability of a banking crisis in Russia in 2026.”
From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026
It was probably not that convincing a con but I guess I was banking on the hope that he missed me.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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