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banker

1
1. an official or player in charge of the bank in any of various games, esp gambling games
2. a result that has been forecast identically in a series of entries on a football pool coupon

banker

2
1. a fishing vessel of Newfoundland
2. a fisherman in such a vessel
3. Brit a locomotive that is used to help a heavy train up a steep gradient

banker

3
a craftsman's workbench

banker

[′baŋ·kər]
(engineering)
The bench or table upon which bricklayers and stonemasons prepare and shape their material.

banker

The bench or table upon which bricklayers and stonemasons prepare and shape their material.
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The elderly and lethargic banker sprang erect in the coach and leapt over the precipice before the tilted vehicle could take him there.
The banker looked at him under lowering brows, red-faced and sulky, but seemingly cowed.
As four of you left the room, you and Miss Harrogate went ahead, talking and laughing; the banker and the courier came behind, speaking sparely and rather low.
I won't have it," said the banker in a choking voice; "I command you not to interfere.
There was a momentary silence, broken in an extraordinary way by the banker, who cried out in a hoarse and strangled voice: "Robbed
The great banker nodded with an odd air of business assent, seemed to reflect a moment, and before they could interpose took a half turn and a step that brought him to the edge of the outer mountain wall.
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Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation announced that six commercial real estate brokerages affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Commercial(r) brand in July and August.
Coldwell welcomes 6
Jerrod Freund, director at PinnOak's lead banker, UBS, elaborates: "The biggest thing for a lender is the cash flow and income statement.
What do users of private company financial statements want? Financial statements' primary purpose is to serve the needs of users. But there is a quandary as to who is a "user" and what users need, particularly for private companies. Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) examines these needs, from both the preparer and user perspectives
And as part of the seventy-fifth birthday agenda, an academic conference on the "Past and future of central bank cooperation" was held in July, attended by central banker legends such as Paul Volcker, Alexandre Lamfalussy, and Jacques de Larosiere, and top academics such as Barry Eichengreen, Richard Cooper, Harold James, and Charles Goodhart.
BIS birthday blues: uneasy times as the Bank for International Settlements turns 75
These records must generally describe the activities performed by the investment banker, the portion of the fee allocable to each of these activities and the investment banker's name, business address and phone number.
Documenting deductions for investment banking fees
Not only are they being vigilant and noisy about ongoing sneaky banker efforts to punch loopholes into North Dakota's "opt-in" requirement, but she's also organizing in her hometown against the privacy-crushing provisions of Bush's Patriot and Homeland Security Acts.
The road to privacy
The system represents "a much smoother transition from banker to insurance agent" than in having bank employees both prospect and try to make the sales, he added.
Border crossing: Life insurance companies that have historically sold through banks in their own states look to other states' bankers organizations to help them expand distribution. (Banks in Insurance: Life/Health)

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