banca
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7.9
- noun
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banco
- The Banca Nazionale in Rome offers various services to help residents manage their finances.
- Banca d'Italia
Examples
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The first loud episode was in the 1980s, when the Vatican Bank, the Istituto per le Opere Religiose (IOR), and Banca Ambrosiana scandals blew up.
Blog text (2) -
All Italian banks except mutual banks are members of the fund (Banca D'Italia 1993, Art. 96).
Academic text (2016) -
"And what about this one from Banca Confia?"
Fiction book (1999) -
"Banca di Roma?"
Fiction book (2000) -
I-3 keeps an account in the Banca di Roma on Kingsway.
Fiction book (2000) -
The number of potential buyers has been inching upwards as well, particularly since late 2014, although asking prices differ substantially from sale prices (Banca d'Italia, 2015).
Academic text (2016) -
In 2014, the ratio of bad debts to loans recorded a small increase, and the share of NPLs rose to 10.8% in December 2014 (Banca d'Italia, 2015; 2016).
Academic text (2016) -
As an official guide published by the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro explained, 'eternal and classical' Rome was the right place for the Olympics since it was 'the point of radiation... of that civilization which in the Gospels expressed the purest invitation of all men and all peoples to human brotherhood.'
Academic text (2010) -
After moving to Italy, she opened a savings account at the local Banca to facilitate her expenses.
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Many tourists visit the historic Banca di Venezia to see its beautiful architecture and learn about its banking history.
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
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Etymology
Banca comes from a word for a 'bench' where early money dealers sat to do business, a meaning that moved into Italian and Spanish. You can see the same idea in English bank and bench, so banca now means a banking institution.