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commercial bank

noun

a bank specializing in checking accounts and short-term loans.

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Origin of commercial bank

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby commercial bank

Commerce City, commercial, commercial agency, commercial art, commercial attaché, commercial bank, commercial break, commercial code, commercial college, commercial credit, commercial fertilizer
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British Dictionary definitions for commercial bank

commercial bank

noun

a bank primarily engaged in making short-term loans from funds deposited in current accounts
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