单词 | bank parlour |
释义 | > as lemmasbank parlour bank parlour n. a room in which a banker or bank manager does business with borrowers (now historical); any of various meeting rooms or private offices at the Bank of England. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > bank > room in bank bank parlour1777 1777 Public Advertiser 12 Aug. They have been told, four Years successively, that if America was ever lost it would be thro' the Bank Parlour. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 160 Tremendous bank-partners..pay a farewell visit to the bank parlour. 1884 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Clipper 30 Oct. /3 The caution which has prevailed..in bank parlors is not at all relaxed. 2014 Independent Save & Spend (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Money section) 14 The private banking team aren't chaps in frock coats sitting around wood-panelled bank parlours sipping sherry and going through your accounts carefully noting what needs to be done. < as lemmas |
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