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Definition of Bank of England
1. Noun. The central bank of England and Wales.
Definition of Bank of England
1. Proper noun. The central bank of the United Kingdom. ¹
2. Proper noun. The building in Threadneedle Street that houses it. ¹
3. Proper noun. The organisation which controls this bank. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bank Of England
Literary usage of Bank of England
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1864)
"... the Bank from advancing money to the Crown without authority from Parliament.
Every infraction of this * Account of the Intended Bank of England, 1694. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"204 ; 24 RR 325. (W) 39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 28, s. 15. (*) For the history and
exclusive privileges of the Bank of England more at large, see the case of The ..."
3. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1878)
"THE first set of diagrams which I have the honour of submitting to you, illustrates
the accounts of the Bank of England, the Bank of France, ..."
4. The Ways and Means of Payment: A Full Analysis of the Credit System, with by Stephen Colwell (1859)
"It was suggested by the same William Patterson who projected the Bank of England,
but seems to have been indebted for its shape and constitution to John ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Horace Binney Wallace (1849)
"113 Bank of England. A., being possessed of 12058/. С*. ... These orders having
been served upon the Bank of England, the Bank refused, in consequence, ..."
6. The History of Banking in America: With an Inquiry how Far the Banking by James William Gilbart (1837)
"In that way, perhaps, if a fourth part of the whole demand for rediscount be
transacted by the Bank of England, that takes away from the demand upon the ..."
7. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"Notes and other Securities of the Bank of England and other Public Companies.
Of the Bank of England. t Sect. 1. By 8 and 9 Will. 3. c. 20. s. ..."
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