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The collective noun for a group of bankers is a wunch, which is defined by the Urban Dictionary as “a gathering, a group, or a gaggle of people that work in a financial institution”.

Collective nouns are also available for other professions.

Who hasn’t encountered an asylum of managers, a cast of actors, a clutch of mechanics, a congregation of worshipers, a wealth of lawyers or a billing of consultants? Not to mention a crew of barbers, a snap of photographers or a drove of cabbies.

On the other hand, you might find an absence of waiters, a deficit of bookkeepers, a flood of plumbers or a lie of politicians, not to mention a ream of bureaucrats.

At conferences you can see an archive of programmers, a set of mathematicians, a geek of engineers, an incision of surgeons, an audit of accountants, a body of pathologists, a brace of orthodontists, a buttload of proctologists investigating a clench of sphincters, a colony of microbiologists ogling a culture of bacteria, a dose of doctors, a formation of geologists, a mixture of pharmacists and a vision of optometrists.

A bridge of admirals, a deck of sailors, or a company of soldiers might be firing a broadside of shells, sailing a fleet of ships, or driving a cavalcade of tanks.

Looking after our interests might be a compromise of senators and a desperation of voters eyeing a slate of candidates.

Hidden away in the corner might be a bond of secret agents.