Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• COMMERCIAL BANK
  
  A financial institution designed to act as a safe depository and lender for many commercial activities (usually short-term loans or lines of credit). Commercial banks rely heavily on demand deposits--checking accounts--for their basic supply of loanable funds, although they also receive capital from savings accounts, loans from other banks, short-term loan interest and the equity invested by their owners. (See line of credit)
  
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