banking

Deposits and withdrawals

Banking is the business of operating a bank—accepting deposits, making loans, and managing money.

The term covers both the industry a career in banking and the act of conducting bank transactions I do my banking online.

In other contexts, banking refers to tilting sideways, as when an aircraft or cyclist leans into a turn.

loan

mortgage

Secured home loan

  • creditRecognition or payment deferral
  • debtMoney owed another
  • lenderOne who loans money

borrower · repayment · amortization · default · collateral · underwriting · creditworthiness · installment · principal · refinance

financial

interest

Attention, stake, or fee

savings · checking · transaction · teller · ATM · vault · branch · statement · balance · overdraft

investment

portfolio

Collected works or assets

venture · funds · asset · wealth · private · trust · custody · fiduciary · hedge · management

waterside

quay

Waterfront loading platform

  • dockMooring structure at water's edge
  • pierWaterfront landing structure
  • wharfShip docking structure

jetty · marina · harbor · embankment · levee · riverbank · mooring · slipway · landing · promenade

river

meander

To travel without direction

delta · floodplain · oxbow · channel · downstream · upstream · curve · bend · slope · gradient

aviation

turn

Rotational movement

  • tiltAngular deviation from level
  • angleGeometric measure of rotation
  • rollList of names

maneuver · pitch · yaw · aileron · cockpit · aircraft · pilot · approach · descent · steep

Categories
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financial activity

bankingspending

Outlaying of funds

disbursing · withdrawing · borrowing · squandering · cash transactions

money storage method

bankingstashing

Concealing for safekeeping

aircraft/vehicle motion

bankingstraightening

Making something not crooked

level flight · yawing · pitching

Phrases
Family

bank, banker, bankrupt, banks, banked, bankers, snowbank, blood bank, central bank

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G