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The definition of bank
10 Definitions of: bank
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- noun, an institution offering certain financial services, such as the safekeeping of money, conversion of domestic into and from foreign currencies, lending of money at interest, and acceptance of bills of exchange
- noun, the building used by such an institution
- noun, a small container used at home for keeping money
- noun, the funds held by a gaming house or a banker or dealer in some gambling games
- noun, a) the stock, as of money, pieces, tokens, etc, on which players may draw b) the player holding this stock
- noun, any supply, store, or reserve, for future use
- verb, to deposit (cash, cheques, etc) in a bank
- verb, to transact business with a bank
- verb, to engage in the business of banking
- verb, to hold the bank in some gambling games ▷ See also bank on
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- noun, a long raised mass, esp of earth; mound; ridge
- noun, a slope, as of a hill
- noun, the sloping side of any hollow in the ground, esp when bordering a river
- noun, a) an elevated section, rising to near the surface, of the bed of a sea, lake, or river b) (in combination)
- noun, a) the area around the mouth of the shaft of a mine b) the face of a body of ore
- noun, the lateral inclination of an aircraft about its longitudinal axis during a turn
- noun, Also called: banking, camber, cant, superelevation a bend on a road or on a railway, athletics, cycling, or other track having the outside built higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force on vehicles, runners, etc, rounding it at speed and in some cases to facilitate drainage
- noun, the cushion of a billiard table
- verb, to form into a bank or mound
- verb, to border or enclose (a road, etc) with a bank
- verb, to cover (a fire) with ashes, fresh fuel, etc, so that it will burn slowly
- verb, to cause (an aircraft) to tip laterally about its longitudinal axis or (of an aircraft) to tip in this way, esp while turning
- verb, to travel round a bank, esp at high speed
- verb, billiards to drive (a ball) into the cushion
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- noun, an arrangement of objects, esp similar objects, in a row or in tiers
- noun, a) a tier of oars in a galley b) a bench for the rowers in a galley
- noun, a grade of lightweight writing and printing paper used for airmail letters, etc
- noun, telephony (in automatic switching) an assembly of fixed electrical contacts forming a rigid unit in a selector or similar device
- verb, to arrange in a bank
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| Synonyms: | pitch, source, edge, file, repository, depository, store, fund, stock, supply | And more... |
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of bank