bank
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a financial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from. The main banks used by ordinary people are called high-street banks
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a financial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from. The main banks used by ordinary people are called high-street banks
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a financial organization in the UK in which people invest money to earn interest, and from which they can borrow money to buy a house or flat. A building society is similar to a bank but all its customers have a share in owning it.
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a central office that carries out the business that major banks do with one another
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an organization that looks after money that its members have saved and lends them money at low rates of interest
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in the United States, a bank that buys and sells large quantities of securities (=documents showing that someone owns a small part of a company)
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someone in South Asia who works in a bank or exchanges money of one country for money of another country
the district of London where many banks, financial institutions, and other big companies have their offices. It is also called the City of London or the City.
an international organization that lends money to countries that are members of the United Nations
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an area in central London where there are many large banks and other financial institutions. This is often used to refer to the institutions themselves
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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