full service bank
- noun
- /fʊl ˈsɜrvɪs bæŋk/
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banco de servicios completos
- At BCCI, we're a full service bank that provides everything from loans to investment advice.
- full-service banks and syndicates
Examples
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In Florida, customers can visit a full service bank to handle all their financial needs under one roof.
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At BCCI, we're a full-service bank.
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For domestic, full-service banks in Florida, this disaggregation of accounts is not available.
Academic text (1990) -
Opportunity opened a financially regulated, full-service bank to serve people living in extreme poverty in Bogotá, Colombia, in early October.
Blog text (11) -
A subsidiary of Afriland First Bank, a full-service bank operating in various sub-Saharan countries, CCEI Bank GE was established in Equatorial Guinea in 1994.
Academic text (2010) -
Commercial banks offer both checking and savings accounts, making them full service banks for individuals.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people keep and borrow money
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3.0
A business that takes money from people and businesses, lends it, and helps with payments
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2.8
A company that accepts people's money as deposits and lends it to others
How Digital
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bank that offers a wide range of financial services' is directly derivable from combining 'full' (completely), 'service' (assistance/financial offerings), and 'bank' (financial institution). This is a compositional, descriptive noun phrase following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Full service bank comes from the image of a shop where you can get many kinds of help under one roof. The word full means 'all' and service means 'help', so full service bank means 'a bank that offers many services in one place'.