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Bankable
(Bank"a*ble) a. Receivable at a bank.
Bank bill
(Bank" bill`)
1. In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand,
and used as currency; a bank note.
2. In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future
specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.
Bank book
(Bank" book`) A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and
credits of the depositor's account with the bank.
Banker
(Bank"er) n. [See the nouns Bank and the verbs derived from them.]
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. [Obs.]
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. Grabb. J. Q. Adams.
5. A ditcher; a drain digger. [Prov. Eng.]
6. The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work. Weale.
Bankeress
(Bank"er*ess) n. A female banker. Thackeray.
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.
Bank note
(Bank" note`)
1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand.
In the United States popularly called a bank bill.
2. Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at
a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2. [Obs.]
3. A promissory note payable at a bank.
Bankrupt
(Bank"rupt) n. [F. banqueroute, fr. It. bancarotta bankruptcy; banca bank (fr. OHG. banch,
G. bank, bench) + rotta broken, fr. L. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break. At Florence, it is said, the
bankrupt had his bench ( i.e., money table) broken. See 1st Bank, and Rupture, n.]
1. (Old Eng. Low) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his
creditors. Blackstone.
2. A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable
to pay his debts; an insolvent person. MCulloch.
3. (Law) A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially
declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.
