state bank

noun

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: a bank chartered by and operating under the laws of a state of the U.S.

Examples of state bank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One point of back-and-forth has been around state banks issuing stablecoins. Brady Dale, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024 China’s banking regulators, for instance, have drawn on frameworks put forward by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (an international committee of central bankers) to overcome the resistance of state banks, SOEs, and local governments to greater oversight of the banking system. Yeling Tan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021 Separately, Bloomberg News reported that China is also considering injecting up to 1 trillion yuan ($142 billion) of capital into its biggest state banks to increase their capacity to support the economy, primarily by issuing new sovereign bonds. Reuters, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024 Members of Putin’s inner circle, along with their allies in state banks and the energy sector, benefit the most from the status quo of corruption, slow growth, and economic isolation. Timothy Frye, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2022 See all Example Sentences for state bank 

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Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of state bank was in 1702

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“State bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20bank. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Legal Definition

state bank

see bank

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