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  1. bankers dozennoun

    Eleven

  2. bankers dozennoun

    By analogy, a method of lending where the interest is deducted beforehand, archetypally borrowing twelve dollars (owing twelve dollars back, a dozen) but actually receiving only eleven.

  3. Etymology: A play on the phrase baker's dozen; it is one less than a dozen as compared to one more.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bankers dozen in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bankers dozen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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