Meaning of Banking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Seat for more than a person.
2. The banking or to the banks.
3. The business of managing a bank.
   countable, uncountable
4. In particular, unbacked banking1.
5. The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
   countable, uncountable
6. By extension, elective place in a collegiate body, especially in a parliament.
7. Investment banking.
   countable, uncountable
8. A horizontal turn.
   countable, uncountable
9. A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
   countable, uncountable
10. The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.”

“She became an analyst in banking after graduation, choosing that career path over sales and trading.”

“The balances of all moveable time-keepers, the chronometer excepted, are prevented from vibrating beyond the proper arc by what is called bankings. The inferior escapements are very easily banked; a pin fixed in the balance, coming in contact with one or two studs, is sufficient for that purpose. […]”

“On the Dava line, apart from the banking assistance given by the 4-4-0s, the traffic is handled by the standard class "5" 4-6-0s, known among the drivers as "Hikers"; these engines are shedded at Inverness and Perth.”

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