COMMERCIAL BANK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public

Synonyms:

commercial bank; full service bank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("commercial bank" is a kind of...):

bank; banking company; banking concern; depository financial institution (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commercial bank"):

national bank (a commercial bank chartered by the federal government)

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