banco
Syllables: ban·co/ˈbæŋkoʊ̯/UK/ˈbæŋkəʊ̯/
banco adjective: being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.
Adjective
banco (not comparable)
- Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.
Noun
banco (plural bancos)
- A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.
- banco money
- On account of the great confidence placed on them, payments in banco soon gained a premium on payments in current coin, so that speculation arose on the fluctuating premium.1941, Sir John Harold Clapham, Eileen Edna Power, The Cambridge Economic History of Europe
- In baccarat or chemin de fer, a bet on the banker hand.
- Bond had spent the last two afternoons and most of the nights at the Casino, playing complicated progression systems on the even chances at roulette. He made a high banco at chemin-de-fer whenever he heard one offered.1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 4, in Casino Royale, page 23
Verb
banco (third-person singular simple present bancos, present participle bancoing, simple past and past participle bancoed)
- In baccarat or chemin de fer, to bet an amount equal to the entire bankroll currently being offered by the banker.
- The then only hope, thought Bond, was to stamp on him now. Not to share the bank with the table, or to take some minor part of it, but to go the whole hog. This would really jolt Le Chiffre. He would hate to see more than ten or fifteen million of the stake covered, and he could not possibly expect...1953, Ian Fleming, “The Deadly Tube”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 86
Proper noun capitalized: Banco
Banco
- A barangay of Palanas, Masbate, Philippines.
banco meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
banco in Hindi
- बैन्को
banco in Tamil
- பான்கோ, பாங்கோ, பான்கொ
banco in Urdu
- بنکو, بینکو, بانکو
banco in Bengali
- ব্যানকো
More languagesFewer languages
- banco in Telugu
- బాంకో, బాంకోకు
- banco in Malayalam
- ബാൻകോ
- banco in Kannada
- ಬಾಂಕೋ, ಬಾಂಕೋಗೆ
- banco in Punjabi
- ਬੈਂਕੋ
- banco in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାନକୋ, ବଙ୍କୋ, ବାଙ୍କୋ
- banco in Nepali
- बान्को
Forms of banco
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bancos |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bancos |
| present participle | bancoing |
| past participle | bancoed |
| past | bancoed |
Origin of banco
From in banco, from Latin in banco.
Borrowed from Italian banco. Doublet of banc, bank, and bench.
Words that rhyme with banco
Questions about banco
- What does banco mean?
- Banco means being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.
- What is banco in Hindi?
- Banco in Hindi is बैन्को. See Banco meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is banco?
- Banco can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce banco?
- Banco is pronounced /ˈbæŋkəʊ̯/ (UK).
Words near banco in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: banco (page history and authors); Banco (page history and authors); banco (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banco (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banco (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banco (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banco (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banco (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banco (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banco (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banco (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banco (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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