transit number

noun

1. an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.

Example Sentences

“Our transit number is generous. We increased transit in this proposal. We also increased the formula going forward.”

From Washington Times

“It’s about mass transit. Our transit number is very generous.”

From Seattle Times

“Our transit number is very generous, we increase transit in this proposal.”

From Washington Times

Fema must send some identifying information of survivors to contractors in order to verify disaster survivor eligibility, but in this situation, Fema officials also provided details such as the survivor’s bank, the survivor’s “electronic funds transfer number”, and the “bank transit number”.

From The Guardian

The change means that new applicants for benefits should have their bank account information available — including their checking or savings account number and their bank’s routing and transit number, a nine-digit number typically found on the lower left-hand side of a paper check.

From New York Times