Noun
1. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;
2. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water);
3. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
4. a building in which commercial banking is transacted;
5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers;
6. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;
7. a long ridge or pile;
8. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games;
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
10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning);
Verb
1. tip laterally;
2. enclose with a bank;
3. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank;
4. act as the banker in a game or in gambling
5. be in the banking business
6. put into a bank account;
7. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning;
8. have confidence or faith in;
The bank was carefully cased before the robbery.
She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts.
The robbers studied the layout of the bank.
I asked the bank to help me with a loan.
The bank manager has ironed out all my worries about money.
I have commissioned my bank to pay my taxes.
He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.
Our attack was so vigorous that the enemy had to fall back to the river bank.
The bank has been intervening in foreign exchange markets.
This bank has ten branches in the city.
The house is mortgaged to the bank for twenty thousand dollars.
The bank cashed his cheque.
It was not unusual for the bank to involved in litigation over failed companies.
Soothed by the peace of my journey, I had lost all count of time but eventually I became aware that the boat was gliding slowly towards the bank.
I take a walk along the bank every morning.
The police think the bank robbers are holed up in Chicago.
The white church peeps out genially from behind the huts scattered on the river bank.
No bank would be willing to underwrite such a loss.
" I wonder what to do,'she said worriedly; he paused worriedly before calling the bank.
His money is in an offshore island bank.
The bank burst and totally collapsed.
He fell into the river and, because he was embarrassessed by his heavy overcoat, only managed to swim to the bank.
He absconded from the bank with all the money.
He knew he'd be in trouble with the bank if he overspent again; I've helped him before, but this time I'm leaving him to stew in his own juice.
The road runs along the river bank.
Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.
The water of the lake mirrored all the trees on the bank.
The bank has assets of more than £1 billion.
The river floods caved in the bank.
The bank isn't open yet.
break the bank
(in gambling) win more money than is held by the bank
bank on
To have confidence in; rely on.
bank, beach, coast, shore, seaside
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