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

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

Russon explained that major deals are increasingly being structured through models that bring together commercial banks, development finance institutions, concessional lenders, and long-term investors such as pension funds. —Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026

Much like the crypto industry, commercial banks provide large amounts of financial support to lawmakers sitting on the committees tasked with regulating them. —Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 17 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: a bank that accepts deposits that can be withdrawn without notice and creates credit through loans mainly to businesses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