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What is a bank run?

What is a bank run? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An event where many depositors withdraw money from their bank accounts within a short time, causing the bank to become unstable.
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The colony coins its own money and possesses a bank run by the boys themselves, where the colonists can deposit their savings.
The minute you undermine the insurance, or dilute it, a bank run might ensue.
A bank run would force a large number of SOEs to close their doors.
What risk does the bank run if it allows him to have possession of the bill of lading indorsed in blank?
In honour of the 25th Anniversary, Sister Gloria Keylor donated three hundred dollars for the purchase of food for the needy at Anawim, a food bank run by the Sisters of Providence in our inner city.
John Reich, director of the Office of Thrift Supervision when Washing Mutual collapsed, said that the bank failed because of a bank run.

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