banking

banking
    n 1: engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and
         checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and
         credit etc.
    2: transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing
       funds or requesting a loan etc.
    

Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banked}(b[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Banking}.]
   1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
      fortify with a bank; to embank. "Banked well with earth."
      --Holland.
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   2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
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   3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   4. (Engineering) To build (a roadway or railroad) with an
      inclination at a curve in the road, so as to counteract
      centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly
      around the curve, thus reducing the danger of vehicles
      overturning at a curve; as, the raceway was steeply banked
      at the curves.
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   {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.
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Banking \Bank"ing\, n.
   The business of a bank or of a banker.
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   {Banking house}, an establishment or office in which, or a
      firm by whom, banking is done.
      [1913 Webster] banknote
    

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