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Common
noun
•
An
institution
where one can
place
and
borrow
money
and
take care of
financial
affairs
.
•
A
branch office
of such an
institution
.
•
An
underwriter
or
controller
of a
card game
.
•
A
fund
from
deposits
or
contributions
, to be used in
transacting
business; a
joint
stock
or
capital
.
•
In Gambling:
The
sum
of
money
etc. which the
dealer
or
banker
has as a
fund
from which to
draw
stakes
and
pay
losses
.
•
Money
;
profit
.
•
In certain
games
, such as
dominos
, a
fund
of
pieces
from which the
players
are
allowed
to
draw
.
•
A
safe
and
guaranteed
place
of
storage
for and
retrieval
of important
items
or
goods
.
•
A
device
used to
store
coins
or
currency
.
•
In Hydrology:
An
edge
of
river
,
lake
, or other
watercourse
.
•
In Hydrology & Nautical:
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
).
•
In Geography:
A
slope
of
earth
,
sand
, etc.; an
embankment
.
•
In Aviation:
The
incline
of an
aircraft
,
especially
during a
turn
.
•
In Rail transportation:
An
incline
, a
hill
.
•
A
mass noun
for a
quantity
of
clouds
.
•
In Mining:
The
face
of the
coal
at which
miners
are
working
.
•
In Mining:
A
deposit
of
ore
or
coal
,
worked
by
excavations
above water
level.
•
In Mining:
The
ground
at the
top
of a
shaft
.
•
A
bench
,
as for
rowers
in a
galley
; also, a
tier
of
oars
.
•
A
bench
or
seat
for
judges
in court
.
•
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
.
•
In Printing:
A
kind of
table
used by
printers
.
•
In Music:
A
bench
, or
row
of
keys
belonging
to a
keyboard
,
as in
an
organ
.
•
slang
for
money
•
A
row
or
panel
of
items
stored
or
grouped
together.
•
A
row
of
keys
on a
musical
keyboard
or the
equivalent
on a
typewriter
keyboard
.
•
In Computing:
A
contiguous
block
of
memory
that is of
fixed
, hardware-dependent
size
, but often
larger
than a
page
and
partitioning
the
memory
such that
two
distinct
banks
do not
overlap
.
•
In Pinball:
A set of
multiple
adjacent
drop
targets
.
verb
•
In Aviation:
To
roll
or
incline
laterally
in order to
turn
.
•
To
cause
(an
aircraft
) to
bank
.
•
To form into a
bank
or
heap
, to
bank up
.
•
To
cover
the
embers
of a
fire
with
ashes
in order to
retain
heat
.
•
To
raise
a
mound
or
dike
about; to
enclose
,
defend
, or
fortify
with a
bank
; to
embank
.
•
To
pass by
the
banks
of.
•
In British English & Rail transportation:
To provide
additional
power for a
train
ascending
a
bank
(incline) by
attaching
another
locomotive
.
•
To
deal with
a
bank
or
financial institution
, or for an
institution
to provide financial services to a
client
.
•
To
put
into a
bank
.
•
To
conceal
in the
rectum
for use
in prison
.
•
To
arrange
or order
in a row
.
name
•
A
village
in the
New Forest
in
Hampshire
,
England
.
•
A major
London Underground
station
in the
City of London
,
named
after the
Bank of England
and one of the
busiest
stations
on the
network
(OS
grid
ref
TQ
3281)
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Lineage
bank
English
bank
Middle English (1100-1500)
banke
Middle English (1100-1500)
banc
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
banque
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
banca
Italian
bank
Old High German (ca. 750-1050)
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