Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bad bank

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: bad bank
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bank created to specialize in the ownership of defaulted loans and their collection.

Example Sentences

"And Grant Street National Bank, as the bad bank is called, ... The bad bank and its 75 workout specialists proved adept at unloading sorry loans"
"In the 1980s, another method of problem resolution emerged, known as a good-bank, bad-bank split model."

Etymology

Possibly derived from a usage by Walter Bagehot in Lombard Street: "The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a future good bank."

Inflected Forms

bad banks (plural)

Phrases

toxic assets

Frequently Paired Words

toxic assets

Synonyms

collection bank

Questions

What does bad bank mean?: A bank created to specialize in the ownership of defaulted loans and their collection.
Where does bad bank come from?: Possibly derived from a usage by Walter Bagehot in Lombard Street: "The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a future good bank."

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