Definition: banking

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

banking
     n 1: engaging in the business of banking
     2: transacting business with a bank

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banked(b[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Banking.]
   1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
      fortify with a bank; to embank. ``Banked well with
      earth.'' --Holland.

   2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.

   3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.

   To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or
      embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
      but alive.
Banking \Bank"ing\, n.
   The business of a bank or of a banker.

   Banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a
      firm by whom, banking is done.