Branch

  • 41Branch —   An ISO term. An office, either domestic or foreign, of a financial institution assigned to provide financial services on behalf of that financial institution.   An important organisational unit in a bank. Much data in an automated system are… …

    International financial encyclopaedia

  • 42branch — 1. noun 1) the branches of a tree Syn: bough, limb, arm, offshoot 2) a branch of the river Syn: tributary, feeder, side stream, fork, side channel, influent 3) …

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  • 43branch — [[t]bræntʃ, brɑntʃ[/t]] n. 1) bot a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant 2) a limb, offshoot, or ramification of any main stem: the branches of a deer s antlers[/ex] 3) any member or part of a body or… …

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  • 44branch — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French branche, from Late Latin branca paw Date: 14th century 1. a natural subdivision of a plant stem; especially a secondary shoot or stem (as a bough) arising from a main… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45branch — Synonyms and related words: L, V, adolescent stream, affiliate, affiliation, affluent, angle, angle off, apparentation, appendage, arm, arroyo, bayou, bear off, beck, bend, bifurcate, billabong, bine, biotype, birth, bisect, blood, bloodline,… …

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  • 46branch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. member, arm, bough, limb, ramification; shoot, offshoot; part.See ancestry. v. i. fork, divide, bifurcate; radiate, diverge. See disjunction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A part, usually of secondary… …

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  • 47branch — /bræntʃ / (say branch), /brantʃ/ (say brahnch) noun 1. Botany a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant (the ultimate or smaller ramifications being called branchlets, twigs, or shoots). 2. a limb, offshoot,… …

  • 48branch — 1. A subdivision of any organization. 2. A geographically separate unit of an activity which performs all or part of the primary functions of the parent activity on a smaller scale. Unlike an annex, a branch is not merely an overflow addition. 3 …

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  • 49branch — noun 1》 a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or a bough. 2》 a part of a river, road, or railway that extends from the main participle 3》 a division of a large organization.     ↘a subdivision of a subject, group of languages, etc. verb …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50branch — 1. noun 1) the branches of a tree Syn: bough, limb, arm, offshoot, twig 2) the judicial branch of government Syn: division, subdivision, section, subsection, department, unit …

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