Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bank failure

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables
bank -fail-ure
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations

Questions

What does bank failure mean?
the inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations

How to pronounce bank failure

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