lead bank

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsagent bank

   Broaderdepository financial institution

Questions about lead bank

What does lead bank mean?

lead bank means "a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests".

What is another word for lead bank?

Close synonyms include agent 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 lead bank a common word?

lead 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.