bank identification number
- noun
- Specialized
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número de identificación bancaria
- The bank identification number helps differentiate financial institutions during electronic funds transfers.
Examples
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You need to provide your bank identification number for verification.
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What is your bank identification number?
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When opening a new account, the banker asked for the bank identification number of the branch.
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You can find the bank identification number printed at the bottom of your checks.
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The bank identification number helps differentiate financial institutions during electronic funds transfers.
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You can find the bank identification number printed at the bottom of your checks.
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When opening a new account, the banker asked for the bank identification number of the branch.
Synonyms
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1.0
A set of digits that identifies something like a phone or room
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8.3
A number that shows which bank issued a credit or debit card
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3.8
A code, number or name that stands for one record in a system
A number that shows a United States bank's location and tells which bank it is
A short code used to identify a bank for international payments
Surface Forms
Morphology
bank + identification + number
The meaning 'a number or code used to identify a bank' is directly and compositionally derivable from the known constituents 'bank' (financial institution) + 'identification' (establishing identity) + 'number' (numeric identifier). This follows a regular English noun-compounding pattern found in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the component words should be able to understand the phrase without prior exposure.
Etymology
The term bank identification number comes from the image of a bank with an identification number like a name tag. The first digits on a payment card show which bank gave the card, so the code is used to 'identify' the bank in transactions.