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Sort code is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SORT CODE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sort code

A sort code is the name given by both the British and Irish banking industry to the bank codes which are used to route money transfers between banks within their respective countries via their respective clearance organisations. In Ireland it is known as the NSC or National Sort Code and is regulated by IPSO. Although sort codes in both countries have the same format, they are regulated by different authorities as each country has its own banking system. Banks in Northern Ireland can be part of either the British or the Irish clearing system, depending on their country of registration. Also, sort codes for Northern Ireland branches of banks registered in both Northern Ireland and the Republic, are valid, and recognised for use in the Republic. The numbering ranges for both are complementary, but do not overlap. The sort code, which is a six-digit number, is usually formatted as three pairs of numbers, for example 12-34-56. It identifies both the bank and the branch where the account is held. In some cases, the first digit of the sort code identifies the bank itself and in other cases the first 2 digits identify the bank.

Definition of sort code in the English dictionary

The definition of sort code in the dictionary is a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SORT CODE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SORT CODE

access code
area code
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character code
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country code
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genetic code
Morse code
national code
penal code
postal code
source code
STD code
stock code
tax code
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Synonyms and antonyms of sort code in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sort code» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SORT CODE

Find out the translation of sort code to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sort code from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sort code» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

排序代码
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

código de clase
570 millions of speakers

English

sort code
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्रमबद्ध कोड
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كود الفرز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

БИК
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

código de classificação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাজানোর কোড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

code de tri
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kod jenis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bankleitzahl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

分類コード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

분류 코드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

kode dhaftar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mã phân loại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரிசை குறியீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रमवारी कोड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıralama kodu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

codice tipo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kod sortowania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

БИК
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

codul fel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Κωδικός ταξινόμησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soort kode
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

clearingnummer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sorteringskode
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sort code

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SORT CODE»

Discover the use of sort code in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sort code and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Future of Finance After SEPA
Although the IBAN is purely a method of recognising individual bank account numbers across-borders, and the BIC is purely an international sort code for a bank, the fact that these codes are radically differentto the existing codes used by most ...
Chris Skinner, 2008
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Computer Colour Analysis: Textile Applications
Thus, the numeric sort code for L, a and b will range from 1 to 9 and there can be a maximum of (9 x 9 x 9) -1 = 728 sort groups with reference to SQL) = 5, SC(a) = 5 and SC(b) = 5 for the standard sample which occupies the central position as ...
A. D. Sule, Atira, 1997
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Data Structures: A Pseudocode Approach with C
... 568 Exchange Sort Implementation 569 Bubble Sort Code 569 Quick Sort Code 570 External Sorts 573 Merging Ordered Files 573 Merging Unordered Files 575 The Sorting Process 576 Natural Merge 577 Balanced Merge 577 Polyphase ...
Richard Gilberg, Behrouz Forouzan, 2004
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Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2004: ...
... Print(ctx* : Context) Print(ctx* : Context) Code that implements the Bubble Sort Code that implements the Sequential Search Empty Functions Empty Functions Code that implements the Print algorithm. algorithm. algorithm. Sort (Context ...
Antonio Laganà, 2004
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Advances in Computational Biology
STUDY_UNIT id name description properties pre-treatment evaluation sort code after randomization entry time COLUMN name number sort code id code VARIABLES/FACTORS name type id sort_code description 1 1 1 1 DATA ITEM name id ...
Hamid R. Arabnia, 2010
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Business Knowledge for IT in Retail Banking: A Complete ...
BE NN YYYC BBBB BBBB which is 16 characters long. IBANs in printed format ( such as on an invoice) are likely to be prefaced by the word IBAN. Sort Code A sort code is a number which is assigned to a branch of a bank for internal purposes ...
Essvale Corporation Limited, 2007
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Credit Management Handbook
Lloyds Bank plc, 25 High Street, Ourtown, Midshire, England, sort code 20-01-99 account 12345678, for credit to XYZ Exports Ltd under advice to the beneficiary'. Message: If you are happy to await a mail transfer, be sure to ask your customer ...
Burt Edwards, 2004
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Competition and choice in retail banking: ninth report of ...
One is where the sort code and the account number go with the customer, that is probably the most expensive to implement but it is a viable form of account portability. Q227 Andrea Leadsom: So you would allow any customer that wanted to to ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee, 2011
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Algorithms in Java, Parts 1-4
We accomplish this task by using the insertion-sort code, but modified to increment or decrement by h instead of 1 when moving through the file. This observation reduces the shellsort implementation to nothing more than an insertion-sort-like ...
Robert Sedgewick, 2002
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Multicore Computing: Algorithms, Architectures, and Applications
10.4.4 Comparison of Single-SPU Sorting Algorithms We programmed our merge -sort, brick-sort, and shaker-sort adaptations using the CBE SDK Version 3.0. For comparison purposes, we used an AA sort code developed by us, the Cell sort ...
Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Lance Fiondella, Mohamed Ahmed, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SORT CODE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sort code is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Fraudsters hacked emails to my solicitor and stole £340000 from my …
Banks do not explicitly forbid passing on bank account and sort codes by email, or by any other means, despite warning customers not to write down or tell other ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Nearly two million UK consumers registered for 'Paym' mobile …
... need for consumers to carry cash and visit cash machines and that it is easier to use than having to cite bank account and sort code details to make payments, ... «Out-Law.com, Feb 15»
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Millions could have to change bank sort code under ring-fence rules
However, separate legal entities will require separate sort codes – the six-digit numbers that identify the bank and branch associated with an account. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
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Banking shakeup may force millions to have new sort codes, warns …
A planned shakeup of Britain's banks could force millions of people to have a new bank account sort code and cause disruption to the payments system, the ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
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Court of Appeal identifies account number and sort code as the …
Tidal completed a transfer form to pay the sum of £217,781.57 to an account held with Barclays Bank with a particular sort code and account number and in the ... «Lexology, Oct 14»
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'I lost £28000 by entering one wrong digit on my online banking …
However I mistyped one digit of the sort code and credited another NatWest customer's account instead. As soon as I realised, I told my bank – First Direct ... «This is Money, Oct 14»
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Banks: is their number finally up when it comes to customers' costly …
Always double and triple check the sort code and account number, as these are the only two bits of information used to make a payment electronically to another ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
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Paym mobile payment: how does it work and is it safe?
Then, instead of adding a new payee using their account number and sort code, you can select their mobile number from your contacts list or enter the phone ... «The Week UK, Apr 14»
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New bank code on reclaiming wrong payments
The rise of online banking and mobile payments also means that more people are keying in bank account numbers and sort codes themselves, heightening the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
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'Bank account typo lost my £25000'
The first is that the combination of account number and sort code doesn't correspond to an actual account. In this case the payment should either bounce back, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»

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