commercial bank

noun

: a bank organized chiefly to handle the everyday financial transactions of businesses (as through demand deposit accounts and short-term commercial loans)

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The federal funds rate is the target interest rate at which commercial banks borrow and lend their extra reserves to one another overnight. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 Like most credit cards, this particular store card is sponsored by a big commercial bank. Ivan Illan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Its commercial bank, which serves the lender’s more than 1.2 million business customers from startups to major corporations, has long held the potential to turbocharge profit if those customers could be persuaded to buy more products. Reuters, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024 Far more likely to affect regular citizens is the raft of measures announced on Sept. 24 including rate cuts, making borrowing easier and freeing up commercial banks from having to hold large amounts of reserves. Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for commercial bank 

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of commercial bank was in 1910

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“Commercial bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercial%20bank. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

commercial bank

noun
: a bank that accepts deposits that can be withdrawn without notice and creates credit through loans mainly to businesses

Legal Definition

commercial bank

see bank

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