BANK RUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bank run mean? 

• BANK RUN (noun)
  The noun BANK RUN has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANK RUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bank run" is a kind of...):

bank withdrawal (the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank)