Learn about the Bank of First Deposit (BOFD) and its role in check processing. Discover key differences between "on-us" and "transit" items and how they affect your transactions.

The Miami Gardens City Council passed an ordinance last week revising its public participation rules, a move city officials described as a “cleanup item” to align with evolving First Amendment ...

In my teenage years, I believed my father knew every word in the English language. Whenever I stumbled upon an unfamiliar ...

Bumfuzzle is a rare English word that means to confuse or puzzle someone. It is mostly used in casual talking, not formal writing. The word comes from old dialect words and has been used for more than ...

The global “6-7” craze is still going strong at pro and college basketball games. Young fans, players and coaches are eagerly tracking when teams near 67 points. Dictionary.com named the term “6-7” ...

I’m trapped in a washing machine. That sound coming from the utility room, that clunking noise that makes you think you’ve popped a shoe in with the wash by mistake. That’s me. At least that’s what ...

Putin’s dictionary certainly promotes traditional family values. The definition of the word “hatred” gives the example usage “hatred of the institution of the family,” while the word “heroine” is ...

Readers respond to Emily Flake’s comic strip about Alice Harvey, David Owen’s article about dyslexia, Jennifer Wilson’s piece on prenups, and Louis Menand’s essay about the dictionary.

When it came to selecting my starting five and a player coming off the bench, I went the route of picking six players that ...

There is nothing you can do or say to him that would at all be interpreted as productive. If you truly love him, leave him ...

From the dawn of humanity, we have been captivated by language, by the meanings and roots of words, and how they determine the way we communicate. Collecting all of the words used to communicate into ...

Gilbert Gee and Annie Ro depict systemic racism as the hidden base of an iceberg 10 (see illustration in online appendix exhibit 1). 11 The iceberg’s visible part represents the overt racism that ...