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nonbank

nonbank adjective: not a bank.

Adjective

nonbank (not comparable)

  1. Not a bank
    • Many mortgages originate with nonbank lenders.
    • CFPB also went after a Chicago-based nonbank mortgage firm, Townstone Financial, for supposed discrimination and to effectively censor the owner’s speech.2025 February 10, CRA Staff, “Primer: The CFPB Should Be Shut Down”, in Center for Renewing America

Noun

nonbank (plural nonbanks)

  1. An institution, especially a financial institution, which is not a bank
    • Loan-making standards need to be subject to regulatory scrutiny, both at banks and nonbanks.2007 September 30, “Things Go Better With Rules”, in The New York Times

Forms of nonbank

pluralnonbanks

Origin of nonbank

From non- + bank.

Questions about nonbank

What does nonbank mean?
Nonbank means not a bank.
What part of speech is nonbank?
Nonbank can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonbank in the dictionary

  1. nonballet
  2. nonballetic
  3. nonballistic
  4. nonbanana
  5. nonbanded
  6. nonbank
  7. nonbankable
  8. nonbanked
  9. nonbanker
  10. nonbankers
  11. nonbanking

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