national bank

noun

1
2
: a bank operating under federal charter and supervision

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Many national banks like Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America and Truist, are closed on Feb. 19, along with local banks. Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 19 Feb. 2024 One result was that even after Canada became functionally independent from the United Kingdom, Canada’s provinces, such as Quebec, never enjoyed the power to create local banks that could serve as the nucleus of a coalition opposed to a national bank, as happened in the United States. Charles W. Calomiris, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013 In Texas, national banks seen as hostile to the fossil fuel industry have been banned from underwriting municipal bonds for Texas municipalities. John Tamny, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu Trump would have the power to immediately replace Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu, the national bank regulator, with another acting comptroller. Michelle Price, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for national bank 

Word History

First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of national bank was in 1736

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“National bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20bank. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

national bank

noun
: a commercial bank organized under laws passed by Congress and chartered by the federal government

Legal Definition

national bank

see bank

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