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Webster 1913 Edition


Banking

Bank′ing

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Noun.
The business of a bank or of a banker.
Banking house
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an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.

Webster 1828 Edition


Banking

BANK'ING

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ppr.
Raising a mound or bank; inclosing with a bank. When we speak of restraining water, we usually call it banking; when we speak of defending the land, we call it imbanking.

BANK'ING

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Noun.
The business or employment of a banker; the business of establishing a common fund for lending money, discounting notes, issuing bills, receiving deposits, collecting the money on notes deposited, negotiating bills of exchange, &c.