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:-æ�k�(r)|-æ�k�(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. 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.
2. A money changer.
3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
4. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
5. A ditcher; a drain digger.
6. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
7. 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: �נק�� (banqa'y) m, �נק��ת (banqa'yt) f
Maltese: bankier m, bankiera f
Russian: банки� (bankír) 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: банком�� (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

1. sv-noun-form-indef-pl|bank

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