Meanings
nounbank run (plural bank runs)
plural bank runs · alternative run on the bank · alternative run on the banks
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 擠提 /挤提
- 擠提 /挤提 (zai¹ tai⁴)mass withdrawal of bank deposits
Chinese Mandarin 擠兌 /挤兑
- 擠兌 /挤兑 (jǐduì)mass withdrawal of bank deposits
Dutch bankrun
- bankrunmass withdrawal of bank deposits
Estonian pangajooks
- pangajooksmass withdrawal of bank deposits
Finnish talletuspako
- talletuspakomass withdrawal of bank deposits
French panique bancaire, ruée bancaire
- panique bancairemass withdrawal of bank deposits
- ruée bancairemass withdrawal of bank deposits
German Bankansturm, Bankensturm
- Bankansturmmass withdrawal of bank deposits
- Bankensturmmass withdrawal of bank deposits
- Schaltersturmmass withdrawal of bank deposits
Hungarian bankpánik, bankroham
- bankpánikmass withdrawal of bank deposits
- bankrohammass withdrawal of bank deposits
Icelandic bankaáhlaup, úttektarfár
- bankaáhlaupmass withdrawal of bank deposits
- úttektarfármass withdrawal of bank deposits
Polish panika bankowa
- panika bankowamass withdrawal of bank deposits
Russian банковская паника
- банковская паника (bankovskaja panika)mass withdrawal of bank deposits
Spanish pánico bancario, estampida bancaria
- pánico bancariomass withdrawal of bank deposits
- estampida bancariamass withdrawal of bank deposits
Swedish bankrusning, uttagsanstormning
- bankrusningmass withdrawal of bank deposits
- uttagsanstormningmass withdrawal of bank deposits
Ukrainian набіг на банк
- набіг на банк (nabih na bank)mass withdrawal of bank deposits
Cite this entry
APA
bank run. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bank%20run
MLA
“bank run.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bank%20run. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bank run,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bank%20run.
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