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Banking : (noun)
1: engaging in the business of banking; maintaining savings and
checking accounts and issuing loans and credit etc.
2: transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing
funds or requesting a loan etc.
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banked(b[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Banking.]
1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
fortify with a bank; to embank. ``Banked well with
earth.'' --Holland.
2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.
To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or
embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
but alive.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Banking : \Bank"ing\, n.
The business of a bank or of a banker.
Banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a
firm by whom, banking is done.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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