national bank

noun

1

: central bank

2

: a bank operating under federal charter and supervision

Examples of national bank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since Independence Day is a federal holiday, most branches of national banks such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo and CitiBank, among others, will be closed on July 4. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 July 2026

The fundamental legal risk that has kept major national banks out of cannabis — the absence of a statutory safe harbor protecting institutions from federal penalties for processing cannabis proceeds — has not changed with rescheduling. — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 15 June 2026

According to Dabitz, the national bank charter the OCC granted to Augustus, which is conditional for now, is only the eighth such one the agency has issued since 2010. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 11 May 2026

After trying to wait out the tumult at the bureau, this examiner had finally left for a job at a national bank. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for national bank

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

Kids Definition

national bank

noun

: a commercial bank organized under laws passed by Congress and chartered by the federal government

Legal Definition

national bank

see also:

bank