Definition of "banco" [ban•co]

• A bet in certain gambling games for the entire amount the banker offers to accept. (noun)
• Used to announce a bet in certain gambling games. (interjection)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Piang dipped his hands into the cool water, and pulled them up by long slender roots; lily-pads offered their beauties and soon the banco was a bower of fragrant and brilliant flowers."
• "The "banco" is the higher area, originally the bank of a former river that has a changed course."
• "These "banco" containers are to be found in all shapes and sizes."