In gambling, the bank or the total money held by the house or dealer in a card game; a banking operation.
From French 'banque,' which comes from Italian 'banca,' originally referring to the bench or table where money was exchanged. The word entered English through gambling terminology.
The word 'bank' for financial institutions literally came from the bench that money changers sat at—every bank in the world traces its name back to medieval Italian furniture!
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