BANK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bank identification number mean? 

• BANK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (noun)
  The noun BANK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself

  Familiarity information: BANK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ABA transit number; bank identification number; BIN

Hypernyms ("bank identification number" is a kind of...):

number (a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.)