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▪ I. telephone bank, n.1 orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˈtɛlɪfəʊn ˌbaŋk|, U.S. |ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˌbæŋk|
[‹ telephone n. + bank n.2]
An array of telephones used by an organization, company, etc., for political campaigning, canvassing opinion, receiving customer calls, etc.
1965N.Y. Times 24 Aug. 39/5 (caption) Trading floor of Chicago Board of Trade with..telephone bank in foreground. 1987Public Opinion Q. 51 s88 Newspapers had telephone banks in their classified advertising or circulation offices that could be used to keep polling costs down. 1999N.Y. Times 13 Aug. a14/3 Both sides have made extensive use of telephone banks to gin up support by asking loaded questions and making alarmist predictions.
▪ II. telephone bank, n.2 Banking (chiefly Brit.).
Brit. |ˈtɛlɪfəʊn ˌbaŋk|, U.S. |ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˌbæŋk|
[‹ telephone n. + bank n.3 Compare earlier telephone banking n.]
A bank which (usually primarily or solely) offers telephone banking.
1988Marketing 28 Apr. 23/2 We want..to be perceived as a mail order, telephone bank. That is our plan for the 90s and it will roll-out later in the year. 1995Church Times 30 June 8/1 Ten thousand people are now joining a telephone bank each month. 1999EuroBusiness Sept. 92/1 The Bank of Scotland planned an automated telephone bank similar to HSBC's FirstDirect operation. |