COMMERCIAL BANK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public

Synonyms:

commercial bank; full service bank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("commercial 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commercial bank"):

national bank (a commercial bank chartered by the federal government)