banco

See also Banco, and bancò

English

Adjective

banco

1. a type of court involving a bench of judges. Quite often, the Banco Court is an appeals court. See also en banc.

Noun

banco

1. (attributive) A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.

   banco money

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Galician

Noun

banco m (plural bancos)

1. bank

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Italian

Noun

banco m (plural banchi)

1. desk
2. counter (in a bank etc)
3. bench
4. stall (selling goods)
5. dock (in a court)

Verb

banco

1. first-person singular present indicative of bancare

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Portuguese

Noun

banco m (plural bancos)

1. bank (financial institution)
2. bank (safe place for storage and retrieval of items)
3. bench (long seat)
4. bench {place where players of a sport sit when not playing}

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old French bank, from Proto-Germanic *banki.

Noun

banco m (plural bancos)

1. bank
2. bench
3. school of fish

Derived terms

• banco de hielo
• banco de liquidación
• banco de sangre

Related terms

• banca
• bancario
• banquero
• banqueta
• banquillo