agent bank

1. 1.

   a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests

   Synonymslead bank

   Broaderdepository financial institution
2. 2.

   a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank

   Broaderdepository financial institution

Questions about agent bank

What does agent bank mean?

agent bank means "a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for agent bank?

Close synonyms include lead bank. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is agent bank a common word?

agent bank is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.