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Noun: bank bangk- Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
"they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents" - A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
"he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home" - depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company - A long ridge or pile
"a huge bank of earth" - An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
"he operated a bank of switches" - A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
"he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" - A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
- cant, camber - A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
"the coin bank was empty" - savings bank, coin bank, money box - A building in which the business of banking transacted
"the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" - bank building - A flight manoeuvre; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
"the plane went into a steep bank" Verb: bank bangk- Tip laterally
"the pilot had to bank the aircraft" - Enclose with a bank
"bank roads" - Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
"Where do you bank in this town?" - Act as the banker in a game or in gambling
- Be in the banking business
- Put into a bank account
- deposit - Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
"bank a fire" - Have confidence or faith in
"bank on your good education" - trust, swear, rely
Derived forms: banked, banking, banks See also: bankable, banker, banking Type of: act, aeroplane manoeuvre [Brit], airplane maneuver [US], airplane manoeuvre [Cdn], array, backlog, believe, cash in hand, close in, container, cover, deposit, depositary, depository, do work, enclose, finances, financial institution, financial organisation [Brit], financial organization, flight maneuver [US], flight manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], funds, give, incline, inclose, monetary resource, pecuniary resource, repository, reserve, ridge, shut in, side, slope, stockpile, tip, transact, work Part of: banking industry, banking system Encyclopedia: Bank |