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Noun: depository financial institution
  1. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
    "he cashed a check at the depository financial institution";
    - bank, banking concern, banking company

Derived forms: depository financial institutions

Type of: financial institution, financial organisation [Brit], financial organization

Part of: banking industry, banking system