banking

noun

bank·​ing ˈbaŋ-kiŋ How to pronounce banking (audio)
Synonyms of bankingnext
: the business of a bank or a banker

Examples of banking in a Sentence

They are both in banking. He chose banking as a career.
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In July 2025, workplace payments platform Branch, whose customers include Uber and Instacart, added Lead as a strategic banking partner for products including a digital banking account and debit card. Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 19 May 2026 The centers make everyday services like email, online banking, telehealth, streaming services and artificial intelligence language models possible for Denverites. Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 May 2026 That drew widespread ire from the banking industry, which warned of implementation costs and potential liability. Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 19 May 2026 Even the consumer-level codes that encrypt your online banking are so hard to break that every computer on the planet working together would need longer than the age of the universe to brute-force them apart. David M. Ewalt, Scientific American, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for banking

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of banking was in 1660

Cite this Entry

“Banking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banking. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

Kids Definition

banking

noun
bank·​ing
ˈbaŋ-kiŋ
: the business of a bank or banker

Legal Definition

banking

noun
bank·​ing
ˈbaŋ-kiŋ
: the business of a bank or banker

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