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1. | [ noun ] (finance) a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities | |
Synonyms: | banking_concern banking_company depository_financial_institution | |
Examples: | "he cashed a check at the bank" "that bank holds the mortgage on my home" |
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Related terms: | financial_institution credit_union member_bank agent_bank state_bank Federal_Reserve_Bank lead_bank merchant_bank acquirer commercial_bank thrift_institution Home_Loan_Bank banking_industry deposit | |
2. | [ noun ] (geography) sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) | |
Examples: | "they pulled the canoe up on the bank" "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents" |
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Related terms: | slope riverbank waterside | |
3. | [ noun ] (finance,business) a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) | |
Related terms: | reserve soil_bank food_bank eye_bank blood_bank | |
4. | [ noun ] (banking) a building in which commercial banking is transacted | |
Synonyms: | bank_building | |
Examples: | "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" |
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Related terms: | depository vault | |
5. | [ noun ] an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers | |
Examples: | "he operated a bank of switches" |
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Related terms: | array | |
6. | [ noun ] a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home | |
Synonyms: | coin_bank money_box savings_bank | |
Examples: | "the coin bank was empty" |
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Related terms: | container piggy_bank | |
7. | [ noun ] (geography) a long ridge or pile | |
Examples: | "a huge bank of earth" |
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Related terms: | ridge bluff sandbank | |
8. | [ verb ] tip laterally | |
Examples: | "the pilot had to bank the aircraft" |
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Related terms: | tip | |
9. | [ noun ] (geography) 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 | |
Synonyms: | camber cant | |
Related terms: | slope camber | |
10. | [ verb ] enclose with a bank | |
Examples: | "bank roads" |
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Related terms: | enclose | |
11. | [ noun ] (games) the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games | |
Examples: | "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" |
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Related terms: | funds | |
12. | [ verb ] (business) do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank | |
Examples: | "Where do you bank in this town?" |
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Related terms: | transact depository_financial_institution | |
13. | [ verb ] (work) act as the banker in a game or in gambling | |
Related terms: | act | |
14. | [ verb ] (work,banking) be in the banking business | |
Related terms: | work banker banking | |
15. | [ verb ] have confidence or faith in | |
Synonyms: | trust rely swear | |
Examples: | "We can trust in God" "Rely on your friends" "bank on your good education" "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
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Related terms: | distrust distrust believe count_on tend credit lean bet reliance | |
16. | [ verb ] (finance) put into a bank account | |
Synonyms: | deposit | |
Examples: | "She deposits her paycheck every month" |
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Related terms: | withdraw give redeposit depository_financial_institution depositor deposit | |
17. | [ verb ] cover with ashes, of fires, to control the rate of burning | |
Related terms: | cover | |
18. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8006 | |
19. | [ noun ] (transportation) a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) | |
Examples: | "the plane went into a steep bank" |
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Related terms: | flight_maneuver vertical_bank | |
Similar spelling: |
Banks Bankia bannock banksia banns Bains Baynes Bamako Baines bang |