Definitions of BANK in various dictionaries:
noun -
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
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a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
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a long ridge or pile
noun -
an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
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a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
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the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
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a slope in the turn of a road or track
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a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
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a building in which the business of banking transacted
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a flight maneuver
verb -
tip laterally
verb -
enclose with a bank
verb -
do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
verb -
act as the banker in a game or in gambling
verb -
be in the banking business
verb -
put into a bank account
verb -
cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
verb -
have confidence or faith in
A piled-up mass, as of snow or clouds.
A steep natural incline.
An artificial embankment.
Often banks.
Often banks.
Games.
The lateral inward tilting, as of a motor vehicle or an aircraft, in turning or negotiating a curve.
To border or protect with a ridge or embankment.
To pile up; amass: banked earth along the wall.
To cover (a fire), as with ashes or fresh fuel, to ensure continued low burning.
To construct with a slope rising to the outside edge: The turns on the racetrack were steeply banked.
To tilt (an aircraft) laterally and inwardly in flight.
To tilt (a motor vehicle) laterally and inwardly when negotiating a curve.
To strike (a billiard ball) so that it rebounds from the cushion of the table.
To play (a ball) in such a way as to make it glance off a surface, such as a backboard or wall.
To rise in or take the form of a bank.
To tilt an aircraft or a motor vehicle laterally when turning.
A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged.
The offices or building in which such an establishment is located.
Games.
The funds of a gambling establishment.
The funds held by a dealer or banker in some gambling games.
The reserve pieces, cards, chips, or play money in some games, such as poker, from which the players may draw.
A supply or stock for future or emergency use: a grain bank.
A supply of human tissues or other materials, such as blood, skin, or sperm, held in reserve for future use.
A place of safekeeping or storage: a computer’s memory bank.
A moneychanger’s table or place of business.
To transact business with a bank or maintain a bank account.
To operate a bank.
A set of elevators.
A row of keys on a keyboard.
Nautical.
A bench for rowers in a galley.
A row of oars in a galley.
The lines of type under a headline.
adj - to keep money in a bank (an institution dealing in money matters) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BANKABLE