banking

[ bang-king ]
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noun
  1. the business carried on by a bank or a banker.

  2. banking as a profession.

Origin of banking

1
First recorded in 1725–35; bank2 + -ing1

Words Nearby banking

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British Dictionary definitions for banking (1 of 2)

banking1

/ (ˈbæŋkɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the business engaged in by a bank

British Dictionary definitions for banking (2 of 2)

banking2

/ (ˈbæŋkɪŋ) /


noun
  1. an embankment of a river

  2. another word for bank 2 (def. 7)

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

  2. the manoeuvre causing an aircraft to bank

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