Unbankverb
(transitive) To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.
Banknoun
An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
Unbankverb
(transitive) To make (a fire) burn up by raking off the ashes from the top, opening draughts, etc.
Banknoun
A branch office of such an institution.
Unbankverb
To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.
Banknoun
An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque.
Banknoun
A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
Banknoun
(gambling) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
Banknoun
money; profit
Banknoun
In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
Banknoun
A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
âblood bank; sperm bank; data bankâ;
Banknoun
A device used to store coins or currency.
âIf you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank.â;
Banknoun
(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
Banknoun
An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
âthe banks of Newfoundlandâ;
Banknoun
(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
Banknoun
(aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
Banknoun
(rail transport) An incline, a hill.
Banknoun
A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.
âThe bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front.â;
Banknoun
(mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
Banknoun
(mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
Banknoun
(mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.
âOres are brought to bank.â;
Banknoun
A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
âa bank of switchesâ; âa bank of pay phonesâ;
Banknoun
A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
Banknoun
A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
Banknoun
A bench or seat for judges in court.
Banknoun
The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc.
Banknoun
A kind of table used by printers.
Banknoun
(music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
Banknoun
(uncountable) slang for money
Bankverb
(intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
âHe banked with Barclays.â;
Bankverb
(transitive) To put into a bank.
âI'm going to bank the money.â;
Bankverb
To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
âJohnny banked some coke for me.â;
Bankverb
To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
Bankverb
(transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
Bankverb
(transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
âto bank sandâ;
Bankverb
(transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
Bankverb
(transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
Bankverb
To pass by the banks of.
Bankverb
To arrange or order in a row.
Banknoun
A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
âThey cast up a bank against the city.â;
Banknoun
A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
Banknoun
The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
âTiber trembled underneath her banks.â;
Banknoun
An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
Banknoun
The face of the coal at which miners are working.
Banknoun
The lateral inclination of an aëroplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45° is easy; a bank of 90° is dangerous.
Banknoun
A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank of electric lamps, etc.
Banknoun
The tilt of a roadway or railroad, at a curve in the road, designed to counteract centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing the danger of overturning during a turn.
Banknoun
A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
âPlaced on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweepNeptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep.â;
Banknoun
The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
Banknoun
A sort of table used by printers.
Banknoun
A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
Banknoun
An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
Banknoun
The building or office used for banking purposes.
Banknoun
A fund to be used in transacting business, especially a joint stock or capital.
âLet it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money.â;
Banknoun
The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.
Banknoun
In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw; in Monopoly, the fund of money used to pay bonuses due to the players, or to which they pay fines.
Banknoun
a place where something is stored and held available for future use;
Bankverb
To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
Bankverb
To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
Bankverb
To pass by the banks of.
Bankverb
To build (a roadway or railroad) with an inclination at a curve in the road, so as to counteract centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing the danger of vehicles overturning at a curve; as, the raceway was steeply banked at the curves.
Bankverb
To deposit in a bank.
Bankverb
To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
Bankverb
To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
Bankverb
To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; - said of a flying machine, an aërocurve, or the like.
Banknoun
a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;
âhe cashed a check at the bankâ; âthat bank holds the mortgage on my homeâ;
Banknoun
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water);
âthey pulled the canoe up on the bankâ; âhe sat on the bank of the river and watched the currentsâ;
Banknoun
a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
Banknoun
a building in which commercial banking is transacted;
âthe bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoonâ;
Banknoun
an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers;
âhe operated a bank of switchesâ;
Banknoun
a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;
âthe coin bank was emptyâ;
Banknoun
a long ridge or pile;
âa huge bank of earthâ;
Banknoun
the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games;
âhe tried to break the bank at Monte Carloâ;
Banknoun
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
Banknoun
a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning);
âthe plane went into a steep bankâ;
Bankverb
tip laterally;
âthe pilot had to bank the aircraftâ;
Bankverb
enclose with a bank;
âbank roadsâ;
Bankverb
do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank;
âWhere do you bank in this town?â;
Bankverb
act as the banker in a game or in gambling
Bankverb
be in the banking business
Bankverb
put into a bank account;
âShe deposites her paycheck every monthâ;
Bankverb
cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning;
âbank a fireâ;
Bankverb
have confidence or faith in;
âWe can trust in Godâ; âRely on your friendsâ; âbank on your good educationâ; âI swear by my grandmother's recipesâ;
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.