Bank Court
noun
The weekly meeting of the Governor and Court of Directors of the Bank of England; (in a joint-stock bank) a regular meeting of directors, or the general assembly of shareholders.
- With reference to the Bank of England the meeting is now termed Court, and from 1998 it has been held monthly: compare court..
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in The Public Advertiser.
- hearing dog
- hearing-impaired
- hearing loop
- hearken
- hear Mass
- hearsay
- hear say (or tell) of (or that)
- hearse
- Hearst, Patty
- Hearst, William Randolph
- heart
- heartache
- heart-aching
- heart and soul
- heart attack
- heart attack on a plate
- heart-balm
- heart-bearer
- heartbeat
- heart-bleeding
- heart block
- heart-blood
- heart-bond
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