bank commissioner
- noun
- /bæŋk kəˈmɪʃənər/
- Formal
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comisionado bancario
- Banker's Bank, a $140 million bank that provides banking services strictly to other banks, filed an application with the Kansas bank commissioner on Oct. 11 to convert its charter.
Examples
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As the bank commissioner, she is responsible for ensuring all banks comply with state laws and regulations.
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Those three banks represent the most charter conversions among area banks in five years, according to bank commissioner reports.
Blog text (1) -
In states operating public insurance funds, bank commissioners—of which there were three—were employees of the state.
Academic text (2017) -
Joseph was appointed as the new bank commissioner to oversee financial regulations in the state.
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The bank commissioner issued a report detailing the health of the local banks after the economic downturn.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an official appointed to supervise banks' follows directly from combining 'bank' (financial institution) with 'commissioner' (a public official in charge), forming a straightforward agentive noun phrase. This is a regular compositional pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Bank commissioner: The noun bank commissioner comes from the idea of a person 'sent' to watch a bank. A commissioner was an official 'sent' to check and control banks, so the term today means an official who 'supervises' banks.