Banking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Banking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Banking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
banking n engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banked}(b[acr][nsm]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banking}.] 1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. [bd]Banked well with earth.[b8] --Holland. 2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand. 3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak. {To bank a fire}, {To bank up a fire}, to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Banking \Bank"ing\, n. The business of a bank or of a banker. {Banking house}, an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.