Definitions for Banking

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Banking bank·ing

Spelling: [bang-king]

IPA: /ˈbæŋ kɪŋ/

Banking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in Banking (abgiknn).

Definitions for Banking

noun

1. the business carried on by a bank or a banker.
2. banking as a profession.
3. a long pile or heap; mass:
4. a slope or acclivity.
5. Physical Geography. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs.
6. a broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation.
7. Coal Mining. the surface around the mouth of a shaft.
8. Also called cant, superelevation. the inclination of the bed of a banked road or railroad.
9. Aeronautics. the lateral inclination of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
10. Billiards, Pool. the cushion of the table.
11. an institution for receiving, lending, exchanging, and safeguarding money and, in some cases, issuing notes and transacting other financial business.
12. the office or quarters of such an institution.
13. Games. the stock or fund of pieces from which the players draw. the fund of the manager or the dealer.
14. a special storage place:
15. a store or reserve.
16. Obsolete. a sum of money, especially as a fund for use in business. a moneychanger's table, counter, or shop.
17. an arrangement of objects in a line or in tiers:
18. Music. a row of keys on an organ.
19. a row of elevator cars, as in a hotel or high-rise office building.
20. a bench for rowers in a galley.
21. a row or tier of oars.
22. the group of rowers occupying one bench or rowing one oar.
23. Printing. (formerly) a bench on which sheets are placed as printed. Also called, especially British, random. the sloping work surface at the top of a compositor's workbench. a table or rack on which type material is stored before being made up in forms.
24. Also called deck. Journalism. a part of a headline containing one or more lines of type, especially a part that appears below the main part.
25. Electricity. a number of similar devices connected to act together:

Verb phrases

1. bank on/upon, to count on; depend on:

verb (used with object)

1. to border with or like a bank; embank:
2. to form into a bank or heap (usually followed by up):
3. to build (a road or railroad track) with an upward slope from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve.
4. Aeronautics. to tip or incline (an airplane) laterally.
5. Billiards, Pool. to drive (a ball) to the cushion. to pocket (the object ball) by driving it against the bank.
6. to cover (a fire) with ashes or fuel to make it burn long and slowly.
7. to deposit in a bank:
8. to arrange in a bank:

verb (used without object)

1. to build up in or form banks, as clouds or snow.
2. Aeronautics. to tip or incline an airplane laterally.
3. Horology. (of a lever or balance) to be halted at either end of its oscillation by striking a pin or the like.
4. (of a road or railroad track) to slope upward from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve.
5. to keep money in or have an account with a bank:
6. to exercise the functions of a bank or banker.
7. Games. to hold the bank.

Origin of Banking

First recorded in 1725-35; bank² + -ing¹

Examples for Banking

A lot of our banking issues, like the repeal of Glass-Steagall, happened under Clinton.

And then came accounts of the executors, &c., in his banking jargon.

You see, this cheque is crossed, and will go into your banking account.

Washington now found himself unable to even see the lands he was banking on to leave a lasting fortune.

He—and his banking account—are really worth the attention of any lady.

Mr. Lorry was expected back presently from the banking House.

He was shouting up at the darkened windows of banking executives who could not hear a word he was saying.

banking malware and certain “crimeware” kits have been using this model for years.

You want less concentration in banking—at least the type that will screw the little guy and imperil the economy?

He was also connected with the banking firm of Wicks, Otis & Brownell.