banking Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.
   
2. noun transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.
   
3. verb tip laterally
   bank.
   
   • the pilot had to bank the aircraft
4. verb enclose with a bank
   bank.
   
   • bank roads
5. verb do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
   bank.
   
   • Where do you bank in this town?
6. verb act as the banker in a game or in gambling
   bank.
   
7. verb be in the banking business
   bank.
   
8. verb put into a bank account
   deposit; bank.
   
   • She deposits her paycheck every month
9. verb cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
   bank.
   
   • bank a fire
10. verb have confidence or faith in
    rely; trust; bank; swear.
    
    • We can trust in God
    • Rely on your friends
    • bank on your good education
    • I swear by my grandmother's recipes

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