bank manager
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2.8
- noun
- /bæŋk ˈmænədʒər/
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gerente de sucursal
- We're here with bank manager, Lillian Brandt, who is one of the hostages in this crisis.
- a brusque bank manager
- a former bank manager
- a mid-level bank manager
Oh, so you're you're talking to the bank manager and you want to get a massive business loan.
- Oh, so you're you're talking to the bank manager and you want to get a massive business loan.
- And my boy went, my boy's a bank manager.
- So the bank manager was practically forcing me to borrow money, you know, because he said the shares are going to go up in value.
Examples
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Just to remind you you have Eliot's dinner tonight with the L.A. bank manager at 8:00.
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I'm the bank manager.
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I got a meeting with the bank manager in the morning.
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Always trust a bank manager.
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That would be Mr. Ross, the bank manager.
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However, when I explained to the bank manager what I had in mind, he was convinced that I was joking.
Academic text (1998) -
Let me introduce you to the bank manager, Mr. Clauson.
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Camera pulls away from the door leading to the viewing room, revealing a bank manager seated at a desk.
Fiction book (1995) -
Duggan, the bank manager, is surprisingly calm as he takes the keys from his pocket.
Fiction book (1991) -
I have an appointment with the bank manager to discuss my loan application.
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person in charge of the operations and staff at a branch of a bank' is directly and compositionally derived from 'bank' (financial institution) + 'manager' (person who manages). This straightforward nominal compound follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound bank manager comes from the simple idea of a bank and a manager: a person who 'manages' the place where money is kept. Picture someone behind the desk guiding staff, helping customers and making the final decisions, so the phrase means 'a person in charge of a bank branch'.