state bank

noun

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: a bank chartered by and operating under the laws of a state of the U.S.

Examples of state bank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In a rare case of intervention, in March state banks were tapped to provide financial support for Vanke. Zimo Zhong, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024 The government has stepped up support for the real estate industry, listing thousands of projects eligible for loans from state banks that stepping up to help contain the damage. Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024 One Moscow businessman, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said many influential Russians are concerned about the arrest of two associates of Andrey Kostin, the head of VTB, Russia’s second-biggest state bank. Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024 The report also reveals for the first time the Arizona Democratic Party in July contributed all of the proceeds from Hobbs' inaugural ball to a state bank account called the promotional fund. Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024 Harris is responsible for everything from New York’s biggest state banks to student loan providers to the topsy-turvy crypto sector. Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023 Worsening suspicions of official complicity, Chinese state banks in Europe have emerged as active partners of money laundering organizations. Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 12 July 2023 Mass parties, labor unions, public schools, strikes and boycotts, social insurance, minimum-wage laws, state banks and currency reform, antitrust regulation, income taxes, even economic planning: these were the new priorities, the material resources of freedom. Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023 Diplomatically delicate prosecutions in Italy, Spain and France have resulted in convictions and fines against Chinese state banks that worked with Chinese criminals to launder the proceeds of widespread tax evasion, customs fraud and contraband. Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 12 July 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of state bank was in 1702

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“State bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20bank. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Legal Definition

state bank

see bank

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