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Meaning of banker's ramp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An economic crisis engineered by bankers for political ends.

UK

Examples

“The commissions paid on this transaction were high and gave rise to grumblings in Great Britain about a “banker's ramp.””

“But over the course of the last weekend before the 1997 election, Brown concluded, 'What a release an independent Bank of England would be – a release from a “banker's ramp”!'”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

bankerage bankerdom bankeress Bankers bankers' hours bankers' rounding