banking

[ bang-king ]
/ ˈbæŋ kɪŋ /

noun

the business carried on by a bank or a banker.
banking as a profession.

Origin of banking

First recorded in 1725–35; bank2 + -ing1

Definition for banking (2 of 4)

bank 1
[ bangk ]
/ bæŋk /

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of bank

1
1150–1200; Middle English banke, Old English hōbanca couch; cognate with Old Norse bakki elevation, hill, Swedish backe, Danish bakke < Germanic *bank-ōn-; perhaps akin to Sanskrit bhañj- bend, Lithuanian bangà wave; see bank3, bench

Definition for banking (3 of 4)

Origin of bank

2
1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French banque < Italian banca table, counter, moneychanger's table < Old High German bank bench

Definition for banking (4 of 4)

bank 3
[ bangk ]
/ bæŋk /

noun

verb (used with object)

to arrange in a bank: to bank the seats; to bank the lights.

Origin of bank

3
1200–50; Middle English bank(e) < Old French banc bench < Germanic; see bank1

Example sentences from the Web for banking

British Dictionary definitions for banking (1 of 5)

banking 1
/ (ˈbæŋkɪŋ) /

noun

the business engaged in by a bank

British Dictionary definitions for banking (2 of 5)

banking 2
/ (ˈbæŋkɪŋ) /

noun

an embankment of a river
another word for bank 2 (def. 7)
fishing on a sea bank, esp off the coast of Newfoundland
the manoeuvre causing an aircraft to bank

British Dictionary definitions for banking (3 of 5)

bank 1
/ (bæŋk) /

noun

verb

See also bank on

Word Origin for bank

C15: probably from Italian banca bench, moneychanger's table, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German banc bench

British Dictionary definitions for banking (4 of 5)

bank 2
/ (bæŋk) /

noun

verb

Word Origin for bank

C12: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Icelandic bakki hill, Old Danish banke, Swedish backe

British Dictionary definitions for banking (5 of 5)

bank 3
/ (bæŋk) /

noun

an arrangement of objects, esp similar objects, in a row or in tiers a bank of dials
  1. a tier of oars in a galley
  2. a bench for the rowers in a galley
a grade of lightweight writing and printing paper used for airmail letters, etc
telephony (in automatic switching) an assembly of fixed electrical contacts forming a rigid unit in a selector or similar device

verb

(tr) to arrange in a bank

Word Origin for bank

C17: from Old French banc bench, of Germanic origin; see bank 1

Idioms and Phrases with banking

bank