bankˈer noun

1. A person who keeps a bank
2. A person employed in banking business
3. A betting card game
4. A certainty, something that can be banked on or betted on
5. A result forecast the same in all the entries on a coupon as being a certainty (football pools)

bankˈing noun

The business or services of a bank

adjective

Relating to a bank

bank account noun

1. An account set up by a customer depositing money in a bank
2. The business record of the money deposited in a bank

bankˈ-āgent noun

Formerly in Scotland, the head of a branch bank (now bank manager)

bank balance noun

The amount of money by which a bank account is in credit or debit

bankˈ-bill noun

1. Formerly, a banknote
2. A bank draft

bank book or bank pass book noun

A book in which a record is kept of money deposited in or withdrawn from a bank

bank card see banker's card below.

bank charge noun

A bank's periodic charge to a customer for handling transactions

bank cheque noun

An order to pay issued upon a bank

bank draft noun

A bill drawn by one bank upon another

banker's card noun

A cheque card or debit card (also bank card)

banker's draft noun

A bill of exchange obtained from a bank by one of its customers, enabling the purchase of goods, etc by the presentation of the draft to the seller, the bank debiting the customer's account with that amount

banker's envelope noun

An envelope usu approx the same width as A4 paper, with the flap on the long edge

banker's order noun

A standing order (qv under stand)

bank giro noun

A credit clearing system which enables transfer of money between accounts in UK banks

bank holiday noun

A weekday on which banks are legally closed, bills falling due on these being payable the following day, in England and Wales observed as a general holiday

bank interest noun

1. An amount paid by a bank to a depositor
2. An amount charged by a bank to a borrower

bank loan noun

An amount lent by a bank to a borrower for a specific period at an agreed rate of interest

bankˈnote noun

A note issued by a bank, which passes as money, being payable to the bearer on demand

bankˈ-paper noun

Banknotes in circulation

bank paper noun

A thin strong paper similar to but lighter than bond paper

bank pass book see bank book above.

bank rate noun

Until 1972 the rate at which the Bank of England was prepared to discount bills, replaced by minimum lending rate (qv), itself replaced in 1981 by the base rate

bank reserves plural noun

The cash reserve kept readily available by a bank for ordinary demands

bankˈroll noun

Money resources

transitive verb

To finance

bank statement noun

A summary, provided by the bank, of the transactions on a customer's account

bankˈ-stock noun

A share or shares in the capital stock of a bank

bank switching noun (computing)

The process of switching between one bank of memory and another to increase available memory

bank of issue

One that issues its own notes or promises to pay

break the bank

In gambling, to win from the management the sum fixed as the limit it is willing to lose on any one day

central bank

A national bank (eg in UK the Bank of England), which deals mainly with its own government and with other banks, eg regulating interest rates and managing the national debt

clearing bank

A bank which is a member of the London Clearing House

joint-stock bank

One whose capital is subscribed by a large number of shareholders

laugh (or cry) all the way to the bank

To be delighted (or (ironic) sorry) to be making a lot of money, esp undeservedly or as a result of sharp practice

merchant bank

One whose functions include financing transit of goods and providing financial and commercial advice

private bank

One carried on by fewer than ten persons

bank² /bangk/

noun

1. A mound or ridge
2. An upward slope
3. The edge of a river, lake, etc
4. The raised border of a road, railway cutting, etc
5. The surface at a pit-mouth
6. The coalface in a mine
7. A shoal or shallow
8. A bed of shellfish
9. A mass of cloud or mist
10. The tilt of an aircraft
11. A cushion of a snooker or billiard table

transitive verb

1. To enclose with a bank
2. To deposit or pile (up)
3. To cover (a fire) with ashes, etc, so as to make it burn more slowly (often with up or down)
4. (usu with down) to restrain (passions, etc likely to erupt at any moment)
5. To propel a snooker or billiard ball against the cushion

transitive verb and intransitive verb

(of aircraft) to tilt in turning

bankˈer noun

1. A locomotive used to help push a heavy load up a steep slope (also bank(ing) engine)
2. A fishing-vessel on the Bank of Newfoundland, or a fisherman in such a vessel
3. A river full to the top of its banks (Aust and NZ)

bankˈerly adjective

Like a banker

bankˈing noun

1. The elevation of the outside of bends in a road, railway or sports track
2. An embankment

bank barn noun (N American)

A barn built into the side of a slope

bankˈ-high adverb

Up to the top of the bank

bank shot noun (basketball)

A shot that sends the ball off the backboard and into the basket

banksˈman noun

An overseer at a pit-mouth, building site, etc

from bank to bank

From the time the collier begins to descend for his spell of work until he reaches the top again

run a banker (Aust and NZ; of a river)

To be full to the top of its banks

bank³ /bangk/

noun

1. A tier or rank, eg of oars, keys on a typewriter, etc
2. A bench for the rowers in a galley
3. The bench on which judges sat
4. A set of apparatus or equipment laid out together
5. A working table in various crafts
6. A pottery

bankˈer noun

1. A mason's bench
2. A builder's board on which cement, etc is mixed

bankˈer-mark noun

A mason's mark on a stone