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banking

[bang-king] / ˈbæŋ kɪŋ /
NOUN
business carried on by a bank
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And the influx of foreign investment in these hyper-expensive visionary projects has never materialised to the degree on which the Saudis had been banking.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

During the free banking era from 1837 to 1863, banks could issue their own currency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

At least $4 billion has gone into the foreign-exchange market, said Tamara Herrera, an economist at the Caracas banking consulting firm Sintesis Financiera.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

But the group's European production capacity will be cut by 20 percent, where it is banking on partnerships to revive sales in a market still recovering from the Covid pandemic plunge in new car sales.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Lyra had planned to leave the way she’d come, banking on another few minutes before the Steward’s bell rang.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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