banking

noun

bank·​ing ˈbaŋ-kiŋ How to pronounce banking (audio)
: the business of a bank or a banker

Examples of banking in a Sentence

They are both in banking. He chose banking as a career.
Recent Examples on the Web The other top paid female CEOs include Mary Barra of automaker General Motors ($27.8 million); Jane Fraser of banking giant Citigroup ($25.5 million); Kathy Warden of aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman Corp. ($23.5 million); and Carol Tome of package deliverer UPS Inc. ($23.4 million). Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024 The operational Cordova High School branch is staffed by student interns like Dean and is designed for students to take care of their banking needs at school. Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 3 June 2024 Here are our favorite Quartz stories from the past week, plus a sneak preview of the future of banking. Peter Green, Quartz, 2 June 2024 Banks have been so reluctant to handle Cuba accounts that even the Cuban embassy in Washington and its U.N mission in New York went months without banking services in the U.S. until First American Bank, with offices in Miami, agreed to operate those accounts. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for banking 

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Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of banking was in 1660

Dictionary Entries Near banking

Cite this Entry

“Banking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banking. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

banking

noun
bank·​ing
ˈbaŋ-kiŋ
: the business of a bank or banker

Legal Definition

banking

noun
bank·​ing
ˈbaŋ-kiŋ
: the business of a bank or banker
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