banc

English

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

1. Marketing slang (chiefly in USA) for the non-banking arms of a financial conglomerate that has "Bank" in its common name. For instance, if the original company was known as Bank of Manhattan, then its insurance business might be known as "Banc of Manhattan Insurance". It is a term of art, a meaningless word, that is meant to suggest the safety and soundness of a bank, without any actual representation of safety or soundness so that they are free to offer risky products without running afoul of false advertising laws.

References

• Banc of America advises consumers that it should not be confused with being a 'bank', nor should they assume FDIC insurance. Footnote #2 [1]
• Electronic Commerce: Economics and Strategy, Draft 1.0 by the Director of the Business Management Economics program at UCSC, Nirvikar Singh. Pg 14. Footnote #2 [2]
• Texas Finance Code [3]

Anagrams

• bacn

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /bɑ̃/, SAMPA: /bA~/

Noun

banc m. (plural bancs)

1. bench (seat)
2. bank (mass of material, of cloud, fog, etc)
3. bank, shoal, school (of fish)

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Irish

Noun

banc m.

1. bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution)
2. bank (of a river of lake)

Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative banc bainc Vocative a bhainc a bhanca Genitive bainc banc Dative banc bainc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an banc na bainc Genitive an bhainc na mbanc Dative leis an mbanc don bhanc leis na bainc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banc	bhanc	mbanc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• baincéir

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Old English

Etymology

Old English. Akin to Old English benc "bank, bench"

Noun

banc f.

1. a bench
2. an embankment, bank; hillock

Declension

    Declension of banc (strong ō-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	banc	banca, bance
accusative	bance	banca, bance
genitive	bance	banca
dative	bance	bancum

Descendants

• English bank