Bank - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bæŋk|  American pronunciation of the word bank
Brit.  |bæŋk|  British pronunciation of the word bank

noun

- 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
- 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 (syn: camber, cant)
- a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
the coin bank was empty
- a building in which the business of banking transacted
the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon
- a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
the plane went into a steep bank

verb

- 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 (syn: deposit)
- cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
bank a fire
- have faith or confidence in (syn: bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear)

Extra examples

I have always banked with the Royal Bank.

The left bank of the glacier.

Within the banks of his remembrance.

Every spring we have to bank up the river to prevent flooding.

Leaves were banked in humps.

The wind had banked the snow up against the wall.

The morning began fine, but now clouds are banking up.

At night we bank the fire up so that it is still burning in the morning.

We have very little money in the bank.

Barclays Bank

I have to go to the bank at lunch time.

She was sitting on a grassy bank.

Did you bank that check?

Who do you bank with?

I've always banked at First Interstate.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: bank
he/she/it: banks
present participle: banking
past tense: banked
past participle: banked
noun
singular: bank
plural: banks
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