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bankerage

bankerage noun: banking.

Noun (1)

bankerage (usually uncountable, plural bankerages)

  1. (rare, usually) Banking.
    • They have their stored booths in every bazaar, occupy all the principal caravanseries with their merchandize, and entirely control the business of bankerage and monopolies.1854, Henry A. Stern, Dawnings of Light in the East, page 46
    • […] merely because bankerage beats blacksmithing?1906, John MacVicar, Frank G. Pierce, American Municipalities, page 19

Noun (2)

bankerage (usually uncountable, plural bankerages)

  1. (usually) A brokerage institution that also offers banking services.
    • You receive a monthly statement that reflects all the activities of your bankerage accounts (which can even include an equity line of credit with your bankerage). Banking with your brokerage has many advantages.2005, Kathleen Sindell, Investing Online For Dummies, page 77
    • […] for the Web to provide a complete range of "bankerage" services. In two new studies, Corporate Insight senior analyst David Rosenberg claims that only 40 percent of the 18 brokerages that the firm monitors can be considered a full bankerage, defined as a broker that offers traditional banking...2008, Wall Street & Technology, volume 26

Forms of bankerage

pluralbankerages

Origin of bankerage

From banker + -age.

Blend of bank + brokerage.

Questions about bankerage

What does bankerage mean?
Bankerage means banking.
What part of speech is bankerage?
Bankerage is a noun.
What is the plural of bankerage?
The plural of bankerage is bankerages.

Words near bankerage in the dictionary

  1. banker's liens
  2. banker's order
  3. banker's orders
  4. banker's ramp
  5. bankeraceous
  6. bankerage
  7. bankerages
  8. bankerdom
  9. bankeress
  10. bankeresses
  11. bankerish

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