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Wayne Swan, Barack Obama and Julia Gillard toast at a dinner at Parliament House in 2011. A toast is a ritual during which a drink is taken as an expression of honor or goodwill. The term may be applied to the person or thing so honored, the drink taken, or the verbal expression accompanying the drink.
a sign of appreciation or acknowledgement, or a drinking toast. [82] cheesed off fed up, disgusted or angry. [82] chinky, chink, or chinky chonky 1. Chinese takeaway, usually considered offensive [83] 2. Chinese person (derogatory) chinwag A friendly conversation. [84] chippy 1. A carpenter; [85] chip shop 2. A prostitute or promiscuous young ...
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bank holiday a statutory holiday when banks and most businesses are closed [20] (national holiday; state holiday in U.S.) bap soft bread roll or a sandwich made from it (this itself is a regional usage in the UK rather than a universal one); in plural, breasts (vulgar slang e.g. "get your baps out, love"); a person's head (Northern Ireland). [21]
Every week, Allworth Financial’s Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, CFP®, answer your questions. If you, a friend, or someone in your family has a money issue or problem, feel free to send those ...
In 1896 twenty smaller private banks formed a new joint-stock bank. The leading partners of the new bank, which was named Barclay and Company, were already connected by a web of family, business and religious relationships. The company became known as the Quaker Bank, because this was the family tradition of the founding families.
In the United Kingdom, the official bank rate is the rate that the Bank of England charges banks and financial institutions for loans with a maturity of 1 day. It is the Bank of England's key interest rate for enacting monetary policy. [1] It is more analogous to the US discount rate than to the federal funds rate.
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