bankerage

plural bankerages

1. rareuncountableusuallyBanking.

   […] merely because bankerage beats blacksmithing?

   1906, John MacVicar, Frank G. Pierce, American Municipalities, page 19

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   They have their stored booths in every bazaar, occupy all the principal caravanseries with their merchandize, and entirely control the business of bankerage and monopolies.

   1854, Henry A. Stern, Dawnings of Light in the East, page 46

   We believe that the 2 or 3 percentage point increase that this is likely to generate will not make any significant difference in market price and in our ability—with our bankerage—to adjust supply and demand.

   1991, Reforming the Federal Crop Insurance Program: Hearings ... before the United States House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development, page 228

plural bankerages

1. uncountableusuallyA brokerage institution that also offers banking services.

   You receive a monthly statement that reflects all the activities of your bankerage accounts (which can even include an equity line of credit with your bankerage). Banking with your brokerage has many advantages.

   2005, Kathleen Sindell, Investing Online For Dummies, page 77

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   […] for the Web to provide a complete range of "bankerage" services. In two new studies, Corporate Insight senior analyst David Rosenberg claims that only 40 percent of the 18 brokerages that the firm monitors can be considered a full bankerage, defined as a broker that offers traditional banking products.

   2008, Wall Street & Technology, volume 26