Meaning of BANKER
| Pronunciation: | | 'bangkur
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- [n] the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
- [n] someone who owns or is an executive in a bank
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| | See Also: | | bank clerk, cashier, financier, money dealer, money handler, moneyman, Rothschild, teller | |
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| | Definition: | | Banker
When young investment banker Tim Ekaterin becomes involved in the cutthroat world of thoroughbred racing, he finds his life in business blown to smithereens. For suddenly the multimillion dollar loan he arranges to finance the purchase of a champion racehorse is threatened by an apparent defect in the animal. Then, as Tim desperately searches for answers, he falls headlong into a deadly deal of violence and murder. . . . more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bank"er\, n.[See the nouns {Bank} and the verbs derived
from them.]
1. One who conducts the business of banking; one who,
individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an
establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for
traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
2. A money changer. [Obs.]
3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
4. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of
Newfoundland. --Grabb. J. Q. Adams.
5. A ditcher; a drain digger. [Prov. Eng.]
6. The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.
--Weale.
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| | Related Terms: | | bank clerk, bank manager, bank officer, bank president, banking executive, baron, big boss, big businessman, bill broker, business leader, businessman, cambist, captain of industry, cashier, director, discounter, enterpriser, entrepreneur, financier, industrialist, investment banker, king, lender, little businessman, loan officer, loan shark, loaner, magnate, man of commerce, manager, money broker, money changer, money dealer, moneylender, moneymonger, mortgage holder, mortgagee, note broker, pawnbroker, Shylock, teller, top executive, trust officer, tycoon, usurer |
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