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English

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

bank - bench. So called because in the Middle Ages they kept their piles of money on a bench.

Noun

  1. One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
  2. A money changer.
  3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
  4. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.


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Translations

Etymology 2

From bank (An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea) + -er

Noun

  1. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
  2. A ditcher; a drain digger.


Translations

Etymology 3

From bank (An incline, a hill) + -er

Noun

  1. A railway locomotive temporarily attached to the rear of a train to assist the train to climb an incline.


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Swedish

Noun

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Banker \Bank"er\ (b[a^][ng]k"[~e]r), n.[See the nouns Bank and
the verbs derived from them.]
1. One who conducts the business of banking; one who,
individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an
establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for
traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. A money changer. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
[1913 Webster]

4. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of
Newfoundland. --Crabb. --J. Q. Adams.
[1913 Webster]

5. A ditcher; a drain digger. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]

6. The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet banker
n 1: someone who owns or is an executive in a bank
2: the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
Moby Dictionary
Shylock , bank clerk , bank manager , bank officer , bank president ,
banking executive , baron , big boss , big businessman , bill broker ,
business leader , businessman , cambist , captain of industry ,
cashier , director , discounter , enterpriser , entrepreneur ,
financier , industrialist , investment banker , king , lender ,
little businessman , loan officer , loan shark , loaner , magnate ,
man of commerce , manager , money broker , money changer ,
money dealer , moneylender , moneymonger , mortgage holder , mortgagee ,
note broker , pawnbroker , teller , top executive , trust officer ,
tycoon , usurer


BANKER, com. law. A banker is one engaged in the business of receiving other persons money in deposit, to be returned on demand discounting other persons' notes, and issuing his own for circulation. One who performs the business usually transacted by a bank. Private bankers are generally not permitted. 2. The business of bankers is generally performed through the medium of incorporated banks. 3. A banker may be declared a bankrupt by adverse proceedings against him. Act of Congress of 19th Aug. 1841. See 1 Atk. 218; 2 H. Bl. 235; 1 Mont. B. L. 12. 4. Among the ancient Romans there were bankers called argentarii, whose office was to keep registers of contracts between individuals, either to loan money, or in relation to sales and stipulations. These bankers frequently agreed with the creditor to pay him the debt due to him by the debtor. Calvini Lex. Jurid.
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