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banca

banking

noun BAHN-kah Rare
People & Society Money

Also means

bench

Usage Note

Banca primarily means the banking industry as a whole (la banca privada = 'private banking'), while banco is an individual bank or a bench. However, in some regions banca can also mean a single bank or a long bench. In casino Spanish, la banca is 'the house'. Do not confuse with bancada ('parliamentary bench/bloc') used in Latin American politics.

Examples

"La banca española resistió bien la crisis."

Natural Translation

Spanish banking weathered the crisis well.

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