What is the meaning of routing number?

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1. #institution
2. #appears
3. #negotiable
4. #bottom
5. #transit
6. #united
7. #number
8. #states
9. #identify
10. #checks
11. #financial
12. #digit
13. #instruments
14. #routing
15. #drawn
16. #which