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bank·ing

(băng′kĭng)

1. The business of a bank.

2. The occupation of a banker.

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banking

(ˈbæŋkɪŋ)

(Banking & Finance) the business engaged in by a bank

banking

(ˈbæŋkɪŋ)

1. (Physical Geography) an embankment of a river

2. (Civil Engineering) another word for bank²⁷

3. (Fishing) fishing on a sea bank, esp off the coast of Newfoundland

4. (Aeronautics) the manoeuvre causing an aircraft to bank

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bank•ing

(ˈbæŋ kɪŋ)

n.

the business carried on by or with a bank.

[1725–35]

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Noun	1.	banking - engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. finance - the management of money and credit and banking and investments right of offset - (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default
	2.	banking - transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc. finance - the commercial activity of providing funds and capital home banking - banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer)

Translations

Bankwesen

banca

attivit... bancaria bancario

banking

¹ [ˈbæŋkɪŋ] N [of earth] → terraplén m, rampas fpl

banking

² [ˈbæŋkɪŋ]

A. N (Comm, Fin) → banca f

B. CPD → bancario
banking account N → cuenta f bancaria
banking hours NPL → horas fpl bancarias
banking house N → casa f de banca

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

banking

[ˈbæŋkɪŋ]

(= business) → opérations fpl bancaires

(= profession) → profession f de banquier
a career in banking → une carrière dans la banque

modif [sector, industry, business] → bancaire; [system, service] → bancaire
banking hours → heures fpl d'ouverture des banquesbank loan n → prêt m bancairebank manager n → directeur/trice m/f d'agence (bancaire)
my bank manager → mon gestionnaire de compte

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

banking

banking hours

pl → Schalterstunden pl

banking house

n → Bankhaus nt

banking operation, banking transaction

n → Bankgeschäft nt

banking

(on road, racetrack) → Überhöhung f

(Aviat) → Kurvenflug m

banking

n → Bankwesen nt; the world of banking → die Bankwelt; he wants to go into banking → er will ins Bankfach or Bankgewerbe gehen attr → Bank-; the banking business → das Bankgeschäft; the banking side of the business → die Bankangelegenheiten der Firma

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

banking

[ˈbæŋkɪŋ] n → attività bancaria
to study banking → fare studi bancari or di tecnica bancaria

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If the salary is fixed without any regard for that law, as, for instance, when I see two engineers leaving college together, both equally well trained and efficient, and one getting forty thousand while the other is satisfied with two; or when I see lawyers and hussars, having no special qualifications, appointed directors of banking companies with immense salaries, I conclude that the salary is not fixed in accordance with the law of supply and demand, but simply through personal interest.

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