Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bet in certain gambling games for the entire amount the banker offers to accept.
- interjection Used to announce such a bet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In com., the money in which the banks of some countries keep or kept their accounts, in contradistinction to the current money of the place.
- noun In baccara, a proposal to play against the banker for his entire capital at one coup. See
baccara .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A bank, especially that of Venice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective a type of
court involving a bench of judges. Quite often, the Banco Court is an appeals court. See alsoen banc . - noun attributive A
bank , especially that ofVenice ; formerly used to indicate bankmoney , as distinguished from thecurrent money when it has becomedepreciated .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Piang dipped his hands into the cool water, and pulled them up by long slender roots; lily-pads offered their beauties and soon the banco was a bower of fragrant and brilliant flowers.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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The "banco" is the higher area, originally the bank of a former river that has a changed course.
Llanos 2007
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In arid regions, for the storage of sorghum, millet, pulses, paddy and peanuts, use is made primarily of closed storage containers made of mud, often mixed with chopped straw, which is known as "banco".
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These "banco" containers are to be found in all shapes and sizes.
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The Museo del Banco Central "Pumapungo 'was a highlight, giving a history of Ecuadorian money (guess that's the link to the' banco '), art and culture, specifically the ethnographic exhibit.
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Al presentar el informe de Agregados Monetarios y Actividad Financiera de febrero de 2009, el banco central informó que la tasa de interés promedio aplicada al crédito vía tarjeta de crédito fue de 41.78 por ciento.
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The answers range from, banco, banco por pies, to they are all called escabel.
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I ask her and the gardener at the same time what to call it and they both said banco para pies.
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The answers range from, banco, banco por pies, to they are all called escabel.
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I ask her and the gardener at the same time what to call it and they both said banco para pies.
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