单词 | gold bank |
释义 | > as lemmasgold bank gold bank n. a bank, esp. a national bank, whose main business is to deal in or exchange gold and gold currency.Formerly, in the United States (esp. California): a bank authorized to issue gold notes; see gold note n. (now historical). ΚΠ 1797 W. Playfair Let. to W. Pulteney 15 A gold bank then, will not answer the purpose: now let us enquire what other bank is most likely to do so. 1872 Banker's Mag. Aug. 139 Only three national gold banks are at present in operation.., two of which are in California. 1889 Cent. Dict. Gold-bank, a national banking association of a class organized under United States Revised Statutes to issue notes payable in gold coin. 1987 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 5 Dec. 2080/2 The working group..has still to submit its report on the..establishment of a gold bank. 2016 Financial Express (Bangladesh) (Nexis) 27 Oct. Jewellers have demanded of the government to set up a gold bank and a special economic zone to help flourish the sector in the country. < as lemmas |
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