banking

American  

[bang-king] / ˈbæŋ kɪŋ /

noun

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

2. banking as a profession.

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banking ¹ British  

/ 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

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banking ² British  

/ ˈbæŋkɪŋ /

noun

1. the business engaged in by a bank

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Etymology

Origin of banking

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

Example Sentences

All of our hotel data, our banking data, our corporate lease data—massive amounts of our data—is not available.

From Barron's

Centerview in court filings has argued that being available at all hours and working unpredictably during an active deal is a basic requirement of the investment banking analyst job.

From The Wall Street Journal

Johnson is working for the firm’s practices covering banking and private credit—and also capital market, while Stagliano is joining its mergers and acquisitions and private-equity group, the executives said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Previously, she covered the banking and insurance industries, chronicling the fallout of the sovereign debt crisis in France and the rest of Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal

WSJ: You and Powell have come from similar backgrounds, not academic, not from the priesthood of central banking.

From The Wall Street Journal

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