Definition of Bank failure

1. Noun. The inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations.

Generic synonyms: Failure

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bank Failure

bank balance
bank bill
bank building
bank card
bank charter
bank check
bank cheque
bank clerk
bank closing
bank commissioner
bank deposit
bank discount
bank draft
bank examination
bank examiner
bank failure (current term)
bank gravel
bank guard
bank holding company
bank holiday
bank identification number
bank line
bank loan
bank machine
bank machines
bank manager
bank martin
bank mix
bank night
bank note

Literary usage of Bank failure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1897)
"12 i 15 в bank failure at Wrymouth, 1 т 16 а BANKING : — Holiday, a 9 e—S ; 4 в — African Banking Corporation, 11 ; 14 с —— Australian Joint Stock, ..."

2. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1898)
"... for their Agency in stopping the Militia Bill—King's Answer—Morris to King—National Bank—Failure of Conscription Law— Fears Hartford Convention will not ..."

3. Production; a Study in Economics by Castberg, Peter Harboe, 1844 (1907)
"The question as to the possible decrease in things and supplies at the time of a bank's failure is therefore the same thing as asking in what cases such ..."

4. Wills, Estates, and Trusts: A Manual of Law, Accounting, and Procedure, for by Thomas Conyngton, Harold C. Knapp, Paul Whittier Pinkerton (1921)
"Loss by bank failure Suppose that the Montrose Trust Company, in which the decedent had a savings account of $3000, plus $60 of interest credited on ..."

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