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

But other types of debt investors — including African commercial banks — are rising to take advantage of the growing number of African tech companies that are operationally efficient, can demonstrate sustainable cash flow and are nearing profitability. —Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026

For the large-cap commercial banks, the three analysts agreed the credit card proposal may have been a catalyst for some investors to take some profits after big gains in those stocks in 2025. —Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026

According to the Wall Street Journal, more than 6,000 commercial bank branches across the country closed in the last five years. —Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026

An interest-bearing CBDC could potentially drain commercial bank deposits. —Sandy Peng, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

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: a bank that accepts deposits that can be withdrawn without notice and creates credit through loans mainly to businesses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