AGENT BANK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("agent bank" is a kind of...):

bank; banking company; banking concern; depository financial institution (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests

Synonyms:

agent bank; lead bank