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English
Etymology
Germanic bank - bench. So called because in the Middle Ages they kept their piles of money on a bench.
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æŋkə(r)|-æŋkə(r)
Noun
en-noun
- 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.
- A money changer.
- The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
- A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
- A ditcher; a drain digger.
- The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
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context|rail transport|UK|Australia A railway locomotive temporarily attached to the rear of a train to assist the train to climb an incline. US: A helper engine.
Translations
trans-top|one who conducts the business of banking
Albanian: bankier m
Dutch: bankier m
Estonian:
pankur
Finnish: pankkiiri
German: Bankier m
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Hebrew:
×‘× ×§××™ (banqa'y) m, ×‘× ×§×ית (banqa'yt) f
Maltese: bankier m, bankiera
f
Russian: банкир (bankÃr) m
Swedish: bankir
c
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trans-top|money changer
Finnish: rahanvaihtaja
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trans-top|dealer
Albanian: tregtar
Finnish: pelinhoitaja
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Russian:
банкомёт (bankom'ót) m
Swedish: bankir
c
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trans-top|vessel
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trans-top|ditcher
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trans-top|stone bench
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trans-top|railway locomotive
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Category:Occupations
Swedish
Noun
banker
- sv-noun-form-indef-pl|bank
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