banking

pankkiala, pankkitoiminta

pankissa asioiminen, pankkiasioiden hoitaminen The business of managing a bank.
The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
(quote-magazine)
puhekieltä A horizontal turn.
A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
1825, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce

The balances of all moveable time-keepers, the chronometer excepted, are prevented from vibrating beyond the proper arc by what is called bankings. The inferior escapements are very easily banked; a pin fixed in the balance, coming in contact with one or two studs, is sufficient for that purpose. (..)