banklike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the characteristics of a bank building.
adj
Resembling an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
Example Sentences
- "By yesterday’s opening, the building on 21st Street in Long Island City, Queens — once home to a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet — seemed distinctly banklike."
- "The new products, like the prepaid debit card, will be offered through third-party partners, allowing Wal-Mart to sell banklike services without a government license."
- "These banklike hedge funds had about $12 billion in assets to lend as of the end of last year, up from $900 million three years ago, according to HedgeFund.net."
Etymology
Etymology tree English bank Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English banklike From bank + -like.
Inflected Forms
more banklike (comparative)
most banklike (superlative)