bank

bank: bank¹ W1S1 [bæŋk] n

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1¦(place for money)¦

2¦(river/lake)¦

3 blood/sperm/organ bank

4¦(clouds/mist)¦

5¦(raised area)¦

6¦(machines)¦

7¦(game)¦

8 be makin' bank

9¦(road)¦

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[Sense: 1,3,7; Date: 1400-1500; : French; Origin: banque, from Old Italian banca 'long seat, bank']

[Sense: 2,4,6,8; Date: 1100-1200; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language.]

[Sense: 5; Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: banc 'long seat']

1.) ¦(PLACE FOR MONEY)¦

a) a business that keeps and lends money and provides other financial services

in the bank

▪ We have very little money in the bank.

▪ Barclays Bank

▪ a bank loan

b) a local office of a bank

▪ I have to go to the bank at lunch time.

→↑clearing bank, ↑merchant bank

2.) ¦(RIVER/LAKE)¦

land along the side of a river or lake

bank of

▪ the banks of the River Dee

▪ They walked home along the river bank.

3.) blood/sperm/organ bank

a place where human blood etc is stored until someone needs it

4.) ¦(CLOUDS/MIST)¦

a large mass of clouds, mist etc

▪ a fog bank

bank of

▪ banks of mist

5.) ¦(RAISED AREA)¦

a large sloping mass of earth, sand, snow etc

▪ She was sitting on a grassy bank.

bank of

▪ steep banks of snow

▪ banks of flowers

6.) ¦(MACHINES)¦

a large number of machines, television screens etc arranged close together in a row

bank of

▪ banks of TV monitors

7.) ¦(GAME)¦

a supply of money used to ↑gamble, that people can win

→break the bank at ↑break¹(24)

8.) be makin' bank

AmE spoken informal to earn a lot of money for the work that you do

▪ Check out Omar's new car. The brother must be makin' bank.

9.) ¦(ROAD)¦

a slope made at a bend in a road or ↑racetrack to make it safer for cars to go around

→↑bottle bank, ↑food bank, ↑memory bank

bank ²

bank² v

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1¦(money)¦

2¦(plane/car)¦

3¦(pile/rows)¦

4¦(cloud/mist)¦

5¦(fire)¦

Phrasal verbs

　bank on somebody/something

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1.) ¦(MONEY)¦

a) [T]

to put or keep money in a bank

▪ Did you bank that check?

b) [I always + adverb/preposition]

to keep your money in a particular bank

bank with

▪ Who do you bank with?

bank at

▪ I've always banked at First Interstate Bank.

2.) ¦(PLANE/CAR)¦

if a plane, ↑motorcycle, or car banks, it slopes to one side when turning

▪ The plane banked, and circled back toward us.

3.) ¦(PILE/ROWS)¦ [i]also bank up

BrE [T]

to arrange something into a pile or into rows

▪ Snow was banked up on either side of the road.

4.) ¦(CLOUD/MIST)¦ also bank up

to form a mass of cloud, mist etc

▪ Banked clouds promised rain.

5.) ¦(FIRE)¦ [i]also bank up [T]

to cover a fire with wood or coal to keep it going for a long time

▪ Josie banked up the fire to last till morning.

bank on / [bank on sb/sth] phr v

to depend on something happening or someone doing something

= ↑count on bank on (sb) doing sth

▪ I was banking on being able to get some coffee on the train.

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Synonyms:

Mound, knoll, rising ground, heap, pile, tumulus, dike, Embank, dike, surround with a bank / Shore, brim, brink, margin, marge, border, bound, rim, rivage, Deposit (in the bank), lay up, put in the bank, Have one's account, keep one's funds, conduct one's business, do banking, make one's transactions / Shoal, shallow, bar, sandbank, syrtis / Bench, thwart, beam, rowing-beam / Row, tier, course / Banking-house, banker's (one's), the money-lender's, the usurer's

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Bank [2] — Bank (Hdlgsw.), eine auf Rechnung mehrerer Personen od. des Staates errichtete Anstalt, welche mit Geld Geschäfte macht, d.h. gegen Hinterlegung von Geld, Werthpapieren od. werthvollen Gegenständen od. auch gegen Bürgschaft Credit gewährt, den… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
bank — / baŋk/ n: an organization for the custody, loan, or exchange of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds branch bank: a banking facility that is a separate but dependent part of a chartered bank; esp: a… … Law dictionary
Bank — [bæŋk] noun BANKING ORGANIZATIONS The Bank the Bank of England, Britain s central bank: • The Bank is worried that strong demand for labour could lead to higher wages and prices. * * * Ⅰ … Financial and business terms
bank — bank; bank·man; bank·roll·er; bank·rupt·cy; bank·sku·ta; can·ta·bank; em·bank; em·bank·ment; in·ter·bank; maas·bank·er; moun·te·bank·ery; bank·a·ble; bank·rupt; moun·te·bank; non·bank; bank·abil·i·ty; bank·skoi·te; hand·bank·er; sal·tim·bank; … English syllables
bank — bank1 [baŋk] n. [ME banke < MFr banque < OIt banca, orig., table, moneylenders exchange table < OHG bank, bench: see BANK2] 1. an establishment for receiving, keeping, lending, or, sometimes, issuing money, and making easier the exchange … English World dictionary
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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bank — baŋk n a place where something is held available <data bank> esp a depot for the collection and storage of a biological product of human origin for medical use <a sperm bank> <an eye bank> see BLOOD BANK * * * (bangk) a stored… … Medical dictionary
bank — Ⅰ. bank [1] ► NOUN 1) the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake. 2) a long, raised mound or mass: mud banks. 3) a set of similar things grouped together in rows. ► VERB 1) heap or form into a mass or mound. 2) … English terms dictionary
bank — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż IIa, D. u {{/stl 8}}{{stl 20}} {{/stl 20}}{{stl 12}}1. {{/stl 12}}{{stl 7}} instytucja zajmująca się obrotem pieniędzmi: przyjmowaniem wkładów i wypłacaniem odsetek, udzielaniem kredytów, emisją banknotów,… … Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To heap or pile up; as, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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