Definition of banking
:the business of a bank or a banker
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Examples of banking in a Sentence
They are both in banking.
He chose banking as a career.
Recent Examples of banking from the Web
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Supermarket chains have long kept prices of select staples low to draw people into their stores, banking that the discounts would pay off as increased foot traffic sends other items flying off shelves.
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Surprisingly, Cohn also recently came out in favor of reviving the Glass-Steagall Act, a Depression-era banking law championed by Sen. Warren.
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The two hid their relationship and dealt in cash amounts of $10,000 or less, so banking institutions would not be required to report the transactions, prosecutors said.
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Bankers who underwrite equity and debt will probably see annual bonuses surge 10 percent to 20 percent or more, while those in retail and commercial banking can expect raises of 5 percent to 10 percent.
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Bankers who underwrite equity and debt will probably see annual bonuses surge 10 percent to 20 percent or more, while those in retail and commercial banking can expect raises of 5 percent to 10 percent.
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The most serious challenge to hub banking came after 9/11.
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Yet as soon as the banking system recovered, American entrepreneurs resumed hiring cheap, usually unskilled, labor.
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Phishing is when a malicious website masquerades as a legitimate site to collect your logins for banking, email, and other sensitive information.
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First Known Use of banking
1660
BANKING Defined for English Language Learners
banking
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Definition of banking for English Language Learners
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: the business of operating a bank
BANKING Defined for Kids
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Definition of banking for Students
:the business of a bank or banker
Law Dictionary
banking
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bank·ing
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legal Definition of banking
:the business of a bank or banker
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