Items given for storage in a bank (4)

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data

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'items' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Items of information ' mean 'data' so perhaps 'items' could also mean 'data')

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(Other definitions for data that I've seen before include "intelligence" , "Facts and figures as fed to computers (4)" , "Facts given" , "Factual information" , "Collection of facts, information" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.

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