bank

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/ˈbæŋk/

noun 19verb 10name 3

Collocations

(noun.) for money

ADJ

big, large, major | small

central, clearing, commercial, investment, issuing, reserve, savings

My parents opened a savings bank account for me when I was ten years old.

private | foreign, international, overseas

VERB + BANK

go to | borrow (sth) from

BANK + VERB

lend sb sth

The bank lent us enough money to renovate our kitchen last year.

underwrite sth

The bank underwrote the entire loan for the new shopping center development.

collapse, crash

Three major banks collapsed during the financial crisis, leaving many people without their savings.

BANK + NOUN

account, balance, charges, deposit, loan, statement | manager | robber

PREP

from a/the ~

My parents borrowed money from the bank to buy their house.

in a/the ~

My parents have saved enough money in the bank to buy a new car next year.

out of a/the ~

She withdrew fifty dollars out of the bank to pay for groceries.

(noun.) by a river/canal

ADJ

far, opposite, other

A small village sits on the far bank of the river.

canal, river

VERB + BANK

burst, overflow

Heavy flooding caused the river to overflow its banks and flood the nearby villages.

PREP

along a/the ~

The children walked along the bank picking up smooth stones and shells.

on a/the ~

We sat on the bank of the river and watched the sunset together.

(noun.) area of sloping ground

ADJ

steep | grassy

PREP

down a/the ~

We walked down the bank and found a nice spot to fish by the river.

up a/the ~

(noun.) mass of cloud, etc./row of machines, etc.

ADJ

huge, vast

She stared at the vast bank of computer screens displaying live data from around the world.

PREP

~ of

The river had a steep bank of mud that crumbled whenever it rained heavily.

Definitions

noun

An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.

Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.

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.

Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money.

The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.

verb

To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

He banked with Barclays.

the sort of face you would happily bank with

To put into a bank.

I’m going to bank the money.

To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

Johnny banked some coke for me.

To provide banking services to.

They proposed an ambitious plan to bank people in remote rural communities.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bank.

noun

An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

Tiber trembled underneath her banks.

On the opposite bank of the river other Chinese units attacked Taoshih and Yunmeng north-west of Hankow.

An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth

the banks of Newfoundland

A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.

An incline, a hill.

This is the hardest duty on the railway, for the trains are heavy and there are some long 1 in 40 banks.

It's just as quick out of the blocks. The five-car unit has three engines, giving it 2,820hp to play with, so the once-'feared' Devon banks of Hemerdon, Rattery and Dainton are child's play to these trains.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a slope in the turn of a road or track

verb — have faith or confidence in

verb — put into a bank account

deposit

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

break the bank

At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid.

Or, similarly, consider the man determined to break the bank at Monte Carlo by studying the frequencies with which a certain roulette wheel lands in the red

bank night

An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at

laugh all the way to the bank

To make a large income easily, especially at the expense of others or by doing something that lacks significant merit or effort.

Ivan Boesky laughed all the way to the bank, as did Milken, as do most people who commit clever, non-violent crimes and fraudulently enrich themselves.

cry all the way to the bank

To be happy due to the receipt of money, but sad about the cause.

When his rich aunt died, he was crying all the way to the bank.

take to the bank

To utterly trust, believe, or rely on.

"You can take that to the bank," Davis said. "It's etched in stone."

Example Bank

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Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money.

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Military dude was working for a drug dealer, right? and making good bank with it—he was making good money.

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He banked with Barclays.

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the sort of face you would happily bank with

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I’m going to bank the money.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bank is marked as slang, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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