bank

noun | \ ˈbaŋk \
  1. : an organization for the custody, loan, or exchange of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds

    — branch bank
    : a banking facility that is a separate but dependent part of a chartered bank; especially : a facility that performs some banking functions and is separate from a main office

    — bridge bank
    : a national bank that is chartered for a limited time to operate an insolvent bank until it is sold

    — central bank
    : a national bank that establishes monetary and fiscal policy and controls the money supply and interest rate

    — collecting bank
    : a bank other than the payor bank that is handling for collection a negotiable instrument or a promise or order to pay money

    — commercial bank
    : a bank organized chiefly to handle the everyday financial transactions of businesses (as through deposit accounts and commercial loans)

    — cooperative bank
    : an association (as a credit union) owned by and offering banking services for its members; specifically : savings and loan association

    — depositary bank
    : the first bank to take a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay money unless the instrument, promise, or order is presented for immediate payment over the counter

    — federal land bank
    : a land bank that is under federal charter and regulated by the Farm Credit Administration

    — Federal Reserve bank
    : one of 12 central banks set up under the Federal Reserve Act to hold reserves for and extend credit to affiliated banks in their respective districts

    — intermediary bank
    : a bank other than the depositary or payor bank to which a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay is transferred in the course of collection

    — land bank
    : a bank that provides financing for land development and farm mortgages especially by issuing stock — see also federal land bank in this entry : a trust that holds land for purposes of preservation or conservation

    — national bank
    : a bank operating under federal charter and supervision

    — nonbank bank
    : a financial organization (as a branch of an out-of-state bank) that either accepts demand deposits or makes commercial loans

    — payor bank
    : a bank that is the drawee of a draft

    — presenting bank
    : a bank other than a payor bank that presents a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay money

    — savings bank
    : a bank organized to hold depositors' funds in interest-bearing accounts and to make long-term investments (as in home mortgage loans)

    — state bank
    : a bank operating under state charter and law