Banker
noun
A person who works in a bank, usually in a high level position.
His uncle is a successful banker in New York.
Often appears as...
- investment banker
- private banker
noun
A person or organization that manages the financial affairs of another.
As his banker, she advised him on various investment opportunities.
Often appears as...
- banker's draft
- banker's order
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Formal
noun
In certain games such as card games or gambling, the player who manages the bank.
In baccarat, the banker deals the cards.
Often appears as...
- winning banker
- lost to the banker
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Colloquial
noun
A bench with a raised surface from which stone is chiselled.
The stone was carefully cut on the banker.
Often appears as...
- stone banker
- brick banker
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Technical
noun
A person who works in a bank, usually in a high level position.
His uncle is a successful banker in New York.
Often appears as...
- investment banker
- private banker
noun
A person or organization that manages the financial affairs of another.
As his banker, she advised him on various investment opportunities.
Often appears as...
- banker's draft
- banker's order
Usage tips
Formal
noun
In certain games such as card games or gambling, the player who manages the bank.
In baccarat, the banker deals the cards.
Often appears as...
- winning banker
- lost to the banker
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A bench with a raised surface from which stone is chiselled.
The stone was carefully cut on the banker.
Often appears as...
- stone banker
- brick banker
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Industry Specific
Usually associated with high status within financial institutions.
She aims to become a top-level banker.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Tellers
'Banker' implies a more advanced role than a bank teller, often involved in decision making.
He's not a teller; he's a banker who approves loans.
Pro Tip 3/3Wide Scope
Can refer to roles from personal banking to corporate finance.
My banker helped me with both my savings and my business plan.
Pro Tip 1/3Industry Specific
Usually associated with high status within financial institutions.
She aims to become a top-level banker.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Tellers
'Banker' implies a more advanced role than a bank teller, often involved in decision making.
He's not a teller; he's a banker who approves loans.
Pro Tip 3/3Wide Scope
Can refer to roles from personal banking to corporate finance.
My banker helped me with both my savings and my business plan.
Pro Tip 1/3Industry Specific
Usually associated with high status within financial institutions.
She aims to become a top-level banker.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Tellers
'Banker' implies a more advanced role than a bank teller, often involved in decision making.
He's not a teller; he's a banker who approves loans.
Pro Tip 3/3Wide Scope
Can refer to roles from personal banking to corporate finance.
My banker helped me with both my savings and my business plan.
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we can then define what success actually means to us, and without these different parts of the compass, it's impossible. We end up in the situation -- we have that scripted life that everybody seems to be living going up this ladder to nowhere. It's kind of like in Wall Street 2, if anybody saw that, the peon employee asks the big Wall Street banker CEO,
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Four principles for the...
he actually moved across the street from us and he held a cocktail party to meet the neighbors and he says your your Don Tom's got it read some of your books they said great what are you doing he says well I used to be a banker and now I'm a gold miner and he tells me this amazing story he takes over this gold mine and his geologist can't tell him
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What makes us feel good...
we can direct them to work another way. This is why we give bonuses to bankers and pay in all kinds of ways. And we really have this incredibly simplistic view of why people work, and what the labor market looks like. At the same time, if you think about it, there's all kinds of strange behaviors in the world around us.
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Tim Urban: Inside the...
This is what I decided to write about on the blog a couple of years ago. When I did, I was amazed by the response. Literally thousands of emails came in, from all different kinds of people from all over the world, doing all different kinds of things. These are people who were nurses, bankers, painters, engineers
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James Rhee: The value of...
You know, and then for us, for many of us, my life, the years just pass at a dizzying pace and I collected a couple of fancy degrees, I became a dad myself three times over. And I found myself wheeling and dealing as an investment banker and a private equity investor for many years.
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Laurie Garrett: What can...
And that's just office workers, bankers. We don't know how important hand washing is for flu -- shocking. One assumes it's a good idea to wash your hands a lot. But actually in scientific community there is great debate about what percentage of flu transmission between people
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Beautiful “Underwater...
somewhat of an oasis for marine wildlife diving in Cortez bankers is like diving into an underwater kaleidoscope it's always changing with light and color gesture and motion and it's never the same twice and I think if more people
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How to make hard choices...
you could be an investment banker or a graphic artist. There are a variety of things that matter in such a choice, like the excitement of the work, achieving financial security, having time to raise a family, and so on.
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Why our IQ levels are...
and to know who was trustworthy in the local community for paying back their mortgage. Well, the merchant bankers who brought the world to their knees may have been morally remiss, but they were cognitively very agile.
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Attracting outside...
mine to axe him do you know the minister of telecom he said yes and here's a banker today's in the u.s. living there he said yes I come from the same state
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How to find work you...
we can then define what success actually means to us, and without these different parts of the compass, it's impossible. We end up in the situation -- we have that scripted life that everybody seems to be living going up this ladder to nowhere. It's kind of like in Wall Street 2, if anybody saw that, the peon employee asks the big Wall Street banker CEO,
Video examples
Four principles for the...
he actually moved across the street from us and he held a cocktail party to meet the neighbors and he says your your Don Tom's got it read some of your books they said great what are you doing he says well I used to be a banker and now I'm a gold miner and he tells me this amazing story he takes over this gold mine and his geologist can't tell him
Video examples
What makes us feel good...
we can direct them to work another way. This is why we give bonuses to bankers and pay in all kinds of ways. And we really have this incredibly simplistic view of why people work, and what the labor market looks like. At the same time, if you think about it, there's all kinds of strange behaviors in the world around us.
Video examples
Tim Urban: Inside the...
This is what I decided to write about on the blog a couple of years ago. When I did, I was amazed by the response. Literally thousands of emails came in, from all different kinds of people from all over the world, doing all different kinds of things. These are people who were nurses, bankers, painters, engineers
Video examples
James Rhee: The value of...
You know, and then for us, for many of us, my life, the years just pass at a dizzying pace and I collected a couple of fancy degrees, I became a dad myself three times over. And I found myself wheeling and dealing as an investment banker and a private equity investor for many years.
Video examples
Laurie Garrett: What can...
And that's just office workers, bankers. We don't know how important hand washing is for flu -- shocking. One assumes it's a good idea to wash your hands a lot. But actually in scientific community there is great debate about what percentage of flu transmission between people
Video examples
Beautiful “Underwater...
somewhat of an oasis for marine wildlife diving in Cortez bankers is like diving into an underwater kaleidoscope it's always changing with light and color gesture and motion and it's never the same twice and I think if more people
Video examples
How to make hard choices...
you could be an investment banker or a graphic artist. There are a variety of things that matter in such a choice, like the excitement of the work, achieving financial security, having time to raise a family, and so on.
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
and to know who was trustworthy in the local community for paying back their mortgage. Well, the merchant bankers who brought the world to their knees may have been morally remiss, but they were cognitively very agile.
Video examples
Attracting outside...
mine to axe him do you know the minister of telecom he said yes and here's a banker today's in the u.s. living there he said yes I come from the same state
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Michael Gerber
American Writer
As an entrepreneur and a small business owner, you are intimately familiar with goals. You've dreamed of the 'right' ones, you've projected 'real' ones for the banker and the investor, and, secretly, you've imagined how life can be if you can reach the ones you've set.
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Anjelica Huston
American Actress
Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life.
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Jack Welch
American Businessman
I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.
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Carroll Quigley
American Writer
Instead, there were a variety of controls of which some could be influenced by bankers, some could be influenced by the government, and some could hardly be influenced by either.
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Rory Stewart
British Politician
The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.
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Barry Schwartz
American Psychologist
Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker.
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Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
What is important for a central banker is that you have to convey that you know what you are doing.
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Marc Faber
American Businessman
Every central banker in the world pays attention to credit growth, but not in the U.S.
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Yossi Vardi
Israeli Businessman
If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.
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Michael Gerber
American Writer
As an entrepreneur and a small business owner, you are intimately familiar with goals. You've dreamed of the 'right' ones, you've projected 'real' ones for the banker and the investor, and, secretly, you've imagined how life can be if you can reach the ones you've set.
Quote examples
Anjelica Huston
American Actress
Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life.
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Jack Welch
American Businessman
I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.
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Carroll Quigley
American Writer
Instead, there were a variety of controls of which some could be influenced by bankers, some could be influenced by the government, and some could hardly be influenced by either.
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Rory Stewart
British Politician
The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.
Quote examples
Barry Schwartz
American Psychologist
Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare.
Quote examples
Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker.
Quote examples
Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
What is important for a central banker is that you have to convey that you know what you are doing.
Quote examples
Marc Faber
American Businessman
Every central banker in the world pays attention to credit growth, but not in the U.S.
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Yossi Vardi
Israeli Businessman
If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.
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