banking

noun

bank·​ing ˈbaŋ-kiŋ How to pronounce banking (audio)
: the business of a bank or a banker

Examples of banking in a Sentence

They are both in banking. He chose banking as a career.
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The company also offers secure online chat and a mobile banking app. Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025 Like all other major banking institutions, US Bank will be closed on Inauguration Day. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025 Just as traditional banking spawned increasingly sophisticated financial crimes, the cryptocurrency ecosystem has given birth to its own species of corporate criminality. Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025 California residents were among the scores of Capital One customers dealing with a nationwide banking outage on Friday. Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for banking 

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of banking was in 1660

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“Banking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banking. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

banking

noun
bank·​ing
ˈbaŋ-kiŋ
: the business of a bank or banker

Legal Definition

banking

noun
bank·​ing
ˈbaŋ-kiŋ
: the business of a bank or banker
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