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单词 telephone bank
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telephone bankn.1

Brit. /ˈtɛlᵻfəʊn ˌbaŋk/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˌbæŋk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: telephone n., bank n.2
Etymology: < telephone n. + bank n.2
Originally and chiefly U.S.
An array of telephones used by an organization, company, etc., for receiving customer calls, canvassing opinion, political campaigning, etc.
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1940 Washington Post 25 Dec. 2/5 Every position on our telephone bank is filled.
1965 N.Y. Times 24 Aug. 39/5 (caption) Trading floor of Chicago Board of Trade with..telephone bank in foreground.
1987 Public Opinion Q. 51 s88 Newspapers had telephone banks in their classified advertising or circulation offices that could be used to keep polling costs down.
2002 J. Katzenbach Analyst (2003) xxvii. 358 The occasional night spent manning the telephone bank at the suicide prevention line.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

telephone bankn.2

Brit. /ˈtɛlᵻfəʊn ˌbaŋk/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˌbæŋk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: telephone n., bank n.3
Etymology: < telephone n. + bank n.3, after telephone banking n.
Banking (chiefly British).
A bank which (usually primarily or solely) offers telephone banking.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > bank > other types of bank
merchant bank1620
land-bank1696
private bank1696
paper bankc1720
national bank1736
bank of circulation1767
bank of deposit1767
corporate bank1780
state bank1791
branch bank1796
reserve bank1816
investment bank1824
bank of issue1831
commercial bank1838
red dog1838
wild cat1838
central bank1841
national bank1864
investment house1878
issue house1878
clearing-bank1883
issuing house1890
member bank1914
custodian1915
merchant banker1924
Swiss bank1949
development bank1950
Transcash1982
telephone bank1985
bancassurer1991
1985 Computerworld 15 Apr. 2/3 A telephone bank customer would request account information or fund transfers.
1988 Marketing 28 Apr. 23/2 We want..to be perceived as a mail order, telephone bank. That is our plan for the 90s and it will roll-out later in the year.
1995 Church Times 30 June 8/1 Ten thousand people are now joining a telephone bank each month.
2005 S. Hultén et al. in K. Green et al. Technol., Knowl. & Firm v. 93 A telephone bank that integrated an automatic service with a personal service.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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