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Institution vs Banklike - What's the difference?

institution | banklike |

As a noun institution

is institution.

As an adjective banklike is

having the characteristics of a bank building.

institution

English

Noun

(wikipedia institution) (en noun)
  • An established organisation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, culture or the care of the destitute, poor etc.
  • The building which houses such an organisation.
  • A custom or practice of a society or community, marriage for example.
  • (informal) A person long established with a certain place or position.
  • The act of instituting.
  • (obsolete) That which institutes or instructs; a textbook or system of elements or rules.
    • There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, being an institution of physic. — Evelyn.

    Derived terms

    * academic institution * educational institution * research institution

    Related terms

    * institute * institutional * institutionalism * institutionalist

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    banklike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the characteristics of a bank building.
  • * {{quote-news, pagetitle=banklike, year=2007, date=April 26, author=Ellen Barry, title=New Bank Courts in Queens Neighborhood Where Many Have Long Trusted Only in Cash, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=By yesterday’s opening, the building on 21st Street in Long Island City, Queens — once home to a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet — seemed distinctly banklike .}}
  • (banking, business) Resembling an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
  • * {{quote-news, pagetitle=banklike, year=2007, date=June 21, author=Michael Barbaro, title=At Wal-Mart, a Back Door Into Banking, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The new products, like the prepaid debit card, will be offered through third-party partners, allowing Wal-Mart to sell banklike services without a government license.}}
  • * {{quote-news, pagetitle=banklike, year=2008, date=June 13, author=Louise Story, title=As Banks Shun Loans, Hedge Funds Move In, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=These banklike hedge funds had about $12 billion in assets to lend as of the end of last year, up from $900 million three years ago, according to HedgeFund.net.}}