commercial bank

noun

: a bank organized chiefly to handle the everyday financial transactions of businesses (as through demand deposit accounts and short-term commercial loans)

Examples of commercial bank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Attracting a broad spectrum of co-investors, from nonprofit and for-profit foundations to commercial banks, can help leaders unlock new sources of funding for sustainable solutions for the aging sector while managing risk for investors. —Sarita Mohanty, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

According to a 2023 report from Infosys, a large commercial bank may need to process around 100,000 financial statements each year for their spreads. —Brock Blake, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025

The mint typically supplies bullion bars to Korea’s commercial banks, stores and online shopping malls. —Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2025

What to watch: Malik, a source said, is eyeing more investments in the finance space, such as a commercial bank or insurance company, to continue to support his portfolio of conservative upstarts. —Sara Fischer, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for commercial bank

• antitank
• interbank
• mountebank
• riverbank
• banc
• blank
• clank
• crank
• dank
• drank
• flank
• franc

Kids Definition

commercial bank

noun

: a bank that accepts deposits that can be withdrawn without notice and creates credit through loans mainly to businesses

Legal Definition

commercial bank

see bank