What's the difference between banco and bank?

Banco


Definition:

  • (n.) A bank, especially that of Venice.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Santander is expected to announce the appointment of Ana Patricia Botín, the daughter of Santander chairman Emilio Botín and chairwoman of Banco Español de Crédito (Banesto), as its new UK head, according to Spanish newspaper Expansion.
  • (2) "Banco Espírito Santo is the most important event right now impacting European equities," he said.
  • (3) Edward Stacey, an analyst at Banco Espírito Santo, said: “Only a few months ago the company acknowledged it had considered pushing further into industrial power with a bid for [Finnish firm] Wärtsilä.
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Digging banco, the primary building material for mosques and old buildings in Timbuktu.
  • (5) Delhi's 16th-century Purana Qila fort: a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 4 Read more Lorry owner Babayé Tandina says the residents of Timbuktu are furious: “We used to collect banco next to airport.
  • (6) In December last year, CAM was sold to Banco Sabadell for just €1 – after Spain's deposit guarantee fund injected €5.25bn into the stricken lender.
  • (7) Officials said the business was quasi-bankrupt, and queues formed outside Banco Atlántico, one of Ruiz-Mateos' flagship companies.
  • (8) Portugal had to step in with €5bn to bail out Banco Espírito Santo, and then US regulators tossed out as unrealistic and unconvincing the so-called "living wills" banks had drawn up, supposedly to demonstrate that they could be broken up in a crisis without having to draw on billions in government help.
  • (9) Italy's banks lead the fallers on the Milan stock markets, with Banco Populare di Milano down 3%.
  • (10) In 1661, Stockholms Banco, the precursor to the Swedish central bank, issued Europe’s first banknotes, on thick watermarked paper bearing the bank’s seal and eight handwritten signatures.
  • (11) The UN military mission in Mali, Minusma, is currently building a 52-hectare super camp for 1,000 soldiers and civilians next to Timbuktu airport, right on top of one of the city’s key banco quarries.
  • (12) Only one of the country's major banks, Banco Espirito Santo, is surviving without state funding.
  • (13) Isolated in Ivory Coast: S. dabou (8,20:Z4,Z23,l,W), S. elokate (9,12:c:1,7), S. assinie (3,10:1,w:Z5), S. anna (13,23:Z35:e,n,Z16), S. mpouto (16:m,t:-), S. banco (28:r:1,7), S. abidjan (38:b:l,w); in Senegal: S. bignona (17:b:e,n,Z15), S. lode (17:r:1,2), S. derkle (52,e,h:1,7); in Tchad: S. moussoro (1,6,14,25:i:e,n,Z15), S. drogana (1,4,12,27:r,i:e,n,Z15); in Algeria: S. hydra (21:c:1,6); in Haute-Volta S. farakan (28:Z10:1,5); in Republique Centrafricaine: S. babili (28:Z35:1,7).
  • (14) Planned Minusma projects to improve the road system of Timbuktu will widen the availability of banco to additional sites.” The UN blunder is a speck on Djinguereber’s proud history.
  • (15) Santander's UK operation is wholly owned but autonomous from Banco Santander.
  • (16) The suspension of shares in Banco Espírito Santo on Thursday had sparked panic selling on both sides of the Atlantic amid concerns that it would lead to a wider run on the eurozone's debt-ridden banking sector.
  • (17) Santander's UK operation is wholly-owned by, but autonomous from, Banco Santander .
  • (18) Spain's Ibex 35 fell 1.3%, with banks being specially hit: Santander shed 2.6%, while Banco Popular plunged 3.4%.
  • (19) By building Djinguereber out of banco, Kankou Moussa bestowed nobility upon the building method,” says Ould Elhadje.
  • (20) The suspension of shares in Banco Espírito Santo last week prompted panic selling on both sides of the Atlantic amid concerns it would lead to a wider run on the eurozone's debt-ridden banking sector.

Bank


Definition:

  • (n.) A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
  • (n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
  • (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
  • (n.) The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
  • (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
  • (n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
  • (n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
  • (n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
  • (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
  • (v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
  • (v. t.) To pass by the banks of.
  • (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
  • (n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
  • (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc.
  • (n.) A sort of table used by printers.
  • (n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
  • (n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
  • (n.) The building or office used for banking purposes.
  • (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
  • (n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.
  • (n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
  • (v. t.) To deposit in a bank.
  • (v. i.) To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
  • (v. i.) To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The bank tellers who saw their positions filled by male superiors took special pleasure in going to the bank and keeping them busy.
  • (2) Issues such as healthcare and the NHS, food banks, energy and the general cost of living were conspicuous by their absence.
  • (3) At the heart of the payday loan profit bonanza is the "continuous payment authority" (CPA) agreement, which allows lenders to access customer bank accounts to retrieve funds.
  • (4) The new Somali government has enthusiastically embraced the new deal and created a taskforce, bringing together the government, lead donors (the US, UK, EU, Norway and Denmark), the World Bank and civil society.
  • (5) In documents due to be published by the bank, it will signal a need to shed costs from a business that employs 10,000 people as it scrambles to return to profit.
  • (6) Madrid now hopes that a growing clamour for future rescues of Europe's banks to be done directly, without money going via governments, may still allow it to avoid accepting loans that would add to an already fast-growing national debt.
  • (7) One would expect banks to interpret this in a common sense and straightforward way without trying to circumvent it."
  • (8) According to the national bank, four Russian banks were operating in Crimea as of the end of April, but only one of them, Rossiisky National Commercial Bank, was widely represented, with 116 branches in the region.
  • (9) The key warning from the Fed chair A summary of Bernanke's hearing Earlier... MPs in London quizzed the Bank of England on Libor.
  • (10) According to the OFT, banks receive up to £3.5bn a year in unauthorised overdraft fees - nearly £10m a day.
  • (11) The process of integrating the two banks is expected to take three years, with predictions that up to 25,000 roles could eventually be eliminated.
  • (12) October 23, 2013 3.55pm BST Another reason to be concerned about the global economy - Canada's central bank has slashed its economic forecasts for the US.
  • (13) The M&S Current Account, which has no monthly fee, is available from 15 May and is offering people the chance to bank and shop under one roof.
  • (14) Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president chairing the summit, hoped to finesse an overall agreement on the banking supervisor.
  • (15) However, the City focused on the improvement in the fortunes of its Irish business, Ulster bank, and its new mini bad bank which led to a 1.8% rise in the shares to 368p.
  • (16) The central part of the system is the patient-orientated data bank.
  • (17) Compared to the data produced by the Lipid Research Clinics (USA), coronary risk appeared higher for all the surveyed factors in the Italian general population, and particularly in bank employees.
  • (18) Off The Hook has facilities of up to £30,000 from the bank, a signatory to the Project Merlin agreement.
  • (19) The government did not spell out the need for private holders of bank debt to take any losses – known as haircuts – under its plans but many analysts believe that this position is untenable.
  • (20) A DNA sequencing of 139 bp at the 3' end of these clones and a search of the data bank revealed that the sequence was identical to the parallel domain in the human H19 gene.

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