bank run

1. 1.

   the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail

   Broaderbank withdrawal

Questions about bank run

What does bank run mean?

bank run means "the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail".

Is bank run a common word?

bank run 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.