From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
bank
n 1: 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"
[syn: depository financial institution, {banking
concern}, banking company]
2: 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"
3: a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially
in emergencies)
4: a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the
bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" [syn:
bank building]
5: an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he
operated a bank of switches"
6: a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping
money at home; "the coin bank was empty" [syn: {savings
bank}, coin bank, money box]
7: a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
8: the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some
gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte
Carlo"
9: 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: cant, camber]
10: a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its
longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane
went into a steep bank"
v 1: tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
2: enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
3: do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where
do you bank in this town?"
4: act as the banker in a game or in gambling
5: be in the banking business
6: put into a bank account; "She deposites her paycheck every
month" [syn: deposit] [ant: withdraw]
7: cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a
fire"
8: have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on
your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by
my grandmother's recipes" [syn: trust, swear, rely]
[ant: distrust]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Banc \Banc\, Bancus \Ban"cus\, Bank \Bank\, n. [OF. banc, LL.
bancus. See Bank, n.]
A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a
tribunal or court.
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In banc, In banco (the ablative of bancus), In bank, in
full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings
in banc (distinguished from sittings at nisi prius).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bank \Bank\ (b[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and
prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. bakki. See Bench.]
1. 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.
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They cast up a bank against the city. --2 Sam. xx.
15.
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2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of
a ravine.
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3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a
lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or
other hollow.
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Tiber trembled underneath her banks. --Shak.
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4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal,
shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
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5. (Mining)
(a) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
(b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above
water level.
(c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought
to bank.
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6. (A["e]ronautics) The lateral inclination of an
a["e]roplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45[deg]
is easy; a bank of 90[deg] is dangerous.
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7. A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a
bank of electric lamps, etc.
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8. 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.
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Bank beaver (Zool.), the otter. [Local, U.S.]
Bank swallow, a small American and European swallow
(Clivicola riparia) that nests in a hole which it
excavates in a bank.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banked(b[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Banking.]
1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
fortify with a bank; to embank. "Banked well with earth."
--Holland.
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2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
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3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. (Engineering) 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.
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To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or
embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
but alive.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bank \Bank\, n. [Prob. fr. F. banc. Of German origin, and akin
to E. bench. See Bench.]
1. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
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Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweep
Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep.
--Waller.
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2. (Law)
(a) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
(b) 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. --Burrill.
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3. (Printing) A sort of table used by printers.
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4. (Music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard,
as in an organ. --Knight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bank \Bank\, n. [F. banque, It. banca, orig. bench, table,
counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench; cf. G. bank
bench, OHG. banch. See Bench, and cf. Banco, Beach.]
1. 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.
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2. The building or office used for banking purposes.
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3. A fund to be used in transacting business, especially a
joint stock or capital.
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Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be
master of his own money. --Bacon.
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4. (Gaming) 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.
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5. 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.
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6. a place where something is stored and held available for
future use; specifically, an organization that stores
biological products for medical needs; as, a blood bank,
an organ bank, a sperm bank.
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Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has given the
required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a
certain extent agreed upon.
Bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe
keeping.
Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to
bearer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bank \Bank\, v. t.
To deposit in a bank. --Johnson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bank \Bank\, v. i.
1. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
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2. To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a
banker.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bank \Bank\, v. i. (A["e]ronautics)
To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying
machine, an a["e]rocurve, or the like.
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