bank
Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋk/
The English word “bank” has 20 meanings listed here.
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.
- 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.
- A collection of instrument data on a digital synthesizer.
- An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth
- A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
- The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- An incline, a hill.
verb
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of bench, banc, and banco. For the bench-bank relation, compare typologically…
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