Meanings
nouncommercial bank (plural commercial banks)
plural commercial banks
- bankingA bank whose chief business is accepting demand deposits and making short-term loans.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public
Similar
full service bank
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 商業銀行 /商业银行
- 商業銀行 /商业银行 (shāngyè yínháng)type of bank
Dutch zakenbank
- zakenbanktype of bank
Finnish liikepankki
- liikepankkitype of bank
French banque commerciale, banque de second rang
- banque commercialetype of bank
- banque de second rangtype of bank
German Depositenbank, Geschäftsbank
- Depositenbanktype of bank
- Geschäftsbanktype of bank
- Kommerzbanktype of bank
Hindi वाणिज्यिक बैंक, व्यावसायिक बैंक
- वाणिज्यिक बैंक (vāṇijyik baiṅk)type of bank
- व्यावसायिक बैंक (vyāvsāyik baiṅk)type of bank
- व्यापारिक बैंक (vyāpārik baiṅk)type of bank
Icelandic viðskiptabanki
- viðskiptabankitype of bank
Indonesian bank umum
- bank umumtype of bank
Malay bank perdagangan
- bank perdagangantype of bank
Norwegian Bokmål forretningsbank
- forretningsbanktype of bank
Polish bank komercyjny
- bank komercyjnytype of bank
Russian комме́рческий банк
- комме́рческий банк (kommérčeskij bank)type of bank
Swedish affärsbank
- affärsbanktype of bank
Tagalog kalakaling bangko
- kalakaling bangkotype of bank
Cite this entry
APA
commercial bank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercial%20bank
MLA
“commercial bank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercial%20bank. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commercial bank,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercial%20bank.
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