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Noun (10 meanings)
1. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water).
Examples:
- “they pulled the canoe up on the bank”,
- “he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents”
2. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company
Examples:
- “he cashed a check at the bank”,
- “that bank holds the mortgage on my home”
bank is a type of:
- financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation (noun) - an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
types of bank:
- Federal Reserve Bank, reserve bank (noun) - one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region
- Home Loan Bank (noun) - one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region
- acquirer (noun) - a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
- agent bank (noun) - a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank
- commercial bank, full service bank (noun) - a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public
- credit union (noun) - a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
- lead bank, agent bank (noun) - a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests
- member bank (noun) - a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System
- merchant bank, acquirer (noun) - a credit card processing bank
- state bank (noun) - a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government
- thrift institution (noun) - a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying
bank is a member of:
- banking industry, banking system (noun) - banks collectively
bank is derivationally related to:
3. a long ridge or pile.
Example:
- “a huge bank of earth”
4. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers.
Example:
- “he operated a bank of switches”
bank is a type of:
- array (noun) - an orderly arrangement
5. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies).
bank is a type of:
- reserve, backlog, stockpile (noun) - something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
types of bank:
- blood bank (noun) - a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma
- eye bank (noun) - a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death
- food bank (noun) - a place where food is contributed and made available to those in need
- soil bank (noun) - land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops
6. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games.
Example:
- “he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo”
bank is a type of:
- funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource (noun) - assets in the form of money
7. 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.
8. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home.
Example:
- “the coin bank was empty”
bank is a type of:
- container (noun) - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
types of bank:
- piggy bank, penny bank (noun) - a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)
9. a building in which the business of banking transacted.
Example:
- “the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon”
bank is a type of:
- depository, deposit, depositary, repository (noun) - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
parts of bank:
- vault, bank vault (noun) - a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
bank is derivationally related to:
10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning).
Example:
- “the plane went into a steep bank”
bank is a type of:
- flight maneuver, airplane maneuver (noun) - a maneuver executed by an aircraft
types of bank:
- vertical bank (noun) - a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical
bank is derivationally related to:
- to bank (verb) - tip laterally
Verb (8 meanings)
1. tip laterally.
to bank
Example:
- “the pilot had to bank the aircraft”
2. enclose with a bank.
to bank
Example:
- “bank roads”
3. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank.
to bank
Example:
- “Where do you bank in this town?”
to bank is a way to:
- to transact (verb) - conduct business
to bank is derivationally related to:
- bank, bank building (noun) - a building in which the business of banking transacted
- bankable (adjective) - acceptable to or at a bank
- banking (noun) - transacting business with a bank
- depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company (noun) - a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
4. act as the banker in a game or in gambling.
to bank
5. be in the banking business.
to bank
to bank is a way to:
to bank is derivationally related to:
- bank, bank building (noun) - a building in which the business of banking transacted
- bankable (adjective) - acceptable to or at a bank
- banker (noun) - a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
- banking (noun) - engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.
- depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company (noun) - a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
Verb group:
- to bank (verb) - act as the banker in a game or in gambling
Example:
- “She deposits her paycheck every month”
to bank is the opposite of:
to bank is a way to:
- to give (verb) - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
ways to bank:
- to redeposit (verb) - deposit once again
to bank is derivationally related to:
- bank, bank building (noun) - a building in which the business of banking transacted
- bankable (adjective) - acceptable to or at a bank
- banking (noun) - transacting business with a bank
- deposit, bank deposit (noun) - money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- depositor (noun) - a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
- depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company (noun) - a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
7. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning.
to bank
Example:
- “bank a fire”
to bank is a way to:
- to cover (verb) - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
Examples:
- “We can trust in God”,
- “Rely on your friends”,
- “bank on your good education”,
- “I swear by my grandmother's recipes”