megabank

M3E1G2A1B3A1N1K5

noun

A major bank (financial institution).

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounmegabank (plural megabanks)

plural megabanks

  1. informalA major bank (financial institution).

    “The megabanks get all the headlines,” said Jaret Seiberg, a research analyst for the Stanford Group, a private wealth management and banking firm.

    2008 February 27, Eric Dash, “Small and Midsize U.S. Banks Beginning to Struggle in Credit Crisis”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
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    The second reason offered for blanket nonprosecutions for crimes committed at the megabanks involves the possibility that such prosecutions could harm the economy.

    2017, Mary Kreiner Ramirez, Steven A. Ramirez, The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty, page 207

    While the move has, for now, calmed fears of a repeat of a 2008-style domino effect, the merger has left Switzerland with a new megabank on Paradeplatz square.

    2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 大銀行 /大银行
  • 大銀行 /大银行 (dà yínháng)major bank
Finnish jättipankki
  • jättipankkimajor bank
Japanese メガバンク, megabanku
  • メガバンク, megabankumajor bank
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APA

megabank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megabank

MLA

“megabank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megabank. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megabank,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megabank.

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