Complete Definition of "bank"

see|Bank
English

Etymology
From It. banco, "bench", from the benches in public places from which the first bankers in Renaissance Italy would operate.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-bank.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
  2. A branch office of such an institution
  3. A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

#: blood bank
#: sperm bank
#: data bank

  1. A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

#: a bank of switches

  1. An edge of river or other watercourse.
  2. nautical An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
  3. An embankment.
  4. context|aviation The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
  5. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.

Derived terms
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bankability
bankable
bank account
bank agent
bank balance
bank bill
bank book
bank card
bank charges
bank cheque
bank clerk
bank draft
banker
bank giro
bank holiday
banking
bank interest
bank loan
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bank manager
bank note
bank of issue
bank paper
bank rate
bank reserves
bankroll
bank statement
bank stock
bank up
blood bank
bottle bank
break the bank
central bank
clay-bank
clearing bank
cloud bank
mid4
cry all the way to the bank
databank
embank
embankment
investment bank
w:Jodrell Bank|Jodrell Bank
joint-stock bank
land bank
laugh all the way to the bank
Left Bank<!--proper noun-->
left-bank<!--adjective-->
memory bank
merchant bank
national bank
oyster bank
peat bank
penny bank
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piggy bank
pot bank
private bank
reserve bank
right-bank
river bank
sand bank
savings bank
sea bank
sperm bank
spoil bank
state bank
stopbank
take it to the bank
trustee savings bank
West Bank
World Bank

Related terms
bankrupt

Translations
trans-top|institution
Arabic: t-|ar|�صر�|sc=ARchar
Bosnian: t-|bs|banka|f
Breton: bank m
Catalan: banc m
Chinese: ��, �� (yín háng)
Crimean Tatar: bank#Crimean Tatar|bank
Croatian: t+|hr|banka|f
Czech: t+|cs|banka|f
Danish: t-|da|bank
Dutch: t+|nl|bank|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|banko|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|pank
Finnish: t+|fi|pankki
French: t+|fr|banque|f
Frisian: bank
German: t+|de|Bank|f
Greek: t+|el|��ά�εζα|sc=Grek (trápeza) f
Hebrew: �נק (banq) m
Icelandic: t+|is|banki|m
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Indonesian: t+|id|bank|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: banca
Irish: t-|ga|banc|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|banca|f
Japanese: �� (����, gink�)
Korean: �� (eun haeng)
Norwegian: t+|no|bank|m
Polish: t+|pl|bank|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|banco|m
Russian: t+|ru|банк|m|sc=Cyrl
Scottish Gaelic: banca m, taigh-malairt m, taigh-rèidh m
Scots: baunk
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|banka|f
Spanish: t+|es|banco|m
Swedish: t+|sv|bank|c
Volapük: bank
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trans-top|branch office of such an institution
Arabic: t-|ar|�صر�|sc=ARchar
Bosnian: t-|bs|banka|f
Breton: ti-bank m
Catalan: banc m
Chinese: ��, �� (yín háng)
Crimean Tatar: bank#Crimean Tatar|bank
Croatian: t+|hr|banka|f
Czech: t+|cs|banka
Danish: bank, bankfilial
Dutch: t+|nl|bank|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|banko|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|pank
Finnish: t+|fi|pankki
French: t+|fr|banque|f
Frisian: bank
German: t+|de|Bank|f
Greek: t+|el|��ά�εζα|f|trtrápeza|scGrek
Hebrew: �נק (banq) m
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Icelandic: t+|is|banki|m, t-|is|bankaútibú|n
Indonesian: t+|id|bank|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: banca
Italian: t+|it|banca|f
Japanese: �� (����, gink�)
Norwegian: t+|no|bank|m
Polish: t+|pl|bank|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|banco|m
Russian: t+|ru|банк|m|sc=Cyrl
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|banka|f
Spanish: t+|es|banco|m
Swedish: bank#Swedish|bank c, bankkontor n
Volapük: bank
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trans-top|storage for important goods
Breton: bankad m
Danish: -bank
Dutch: -bank f
Finnish: -pankki
German: t+|de|Bank|f
Italian: t+|it|banca|f
Interlingua: banca
trans-mid
Norwegian: t+|no|bank|m
Polish: t+|pl|bank|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|banco|m
Swedish: t+|sv|bank|c
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trans-top|row or panel of items
Danish: række, batteri
Finnish: t-|fi|rivi, t+|fi|kenttä, t+|fi|asema
trans-mid
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trans-top|edge of river or lake
Breton: ribl m
Czech: t-|cs|b�eh|m
Danish: t-|da|bred|c
Estonian: pank, kallas
Finnish: penkka, törmä, äyräs, töyräs, ranta, rantapenger
German: t+|de|Ufer|n
Hebrew: ��� (gada) f
Icelandic: bakki m, árbakki m (of a river)
Interlingua: banco
trans-mid
Italian: t-|it|riva|f, t+|it|sponda|f, t-|it|argine|m
Norwegian: t-|no|bredde|m
Polish: t+|pl|brzeg|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|margem|f
Russian: t+|ru|бе�ег|m|trbéreg|scCyrl
Slovene: breg m, nabrežje n
Swedish: t+|sv|bank|c
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trans-top|an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
Danish: t-|da|banke
Finnish: t-|fi|matalikko, t-|fi|hiekkasärkkä, t-|fi|särkkä
German: t+|de|Bank|f
Italian: banco m (of sand)
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|banke|m
Swedish: t+|sv|bank|c
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trans-top|embankment, an earth slope
Danish: vold
Finnish: valli, pengerrys, penger, töyräs
German: t+|de|Bank|f
Italian: t+|it|cumulo|m
trans-mid
Slovene: t-|sl|breg|m
Swedish: t+|sv|bank|c
trans-bottom

trans-top|incline of an aircraft
Finnish: kallistus
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trans-top|row of keys on a musical or typewriter keyboard
Finnish: kosketinrivi (on a musical instrument), näppäinrivi (on a typewriter)
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Verb
en-verb

  1. context|intransitive|aircraft To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
  2. context|intransitive To deal with a bank or financial institution.

#: He banked with Barclays.

  1. context|transitive To put into a bank.

#: I'm going to bank the money.

  1. context|transitive To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
  2. context|transitive To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
  3. context|transitive To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

Translations
trans-top|to incline laterally in order to turn
Finnish: t-|fi|kallistua
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trans-top|to deal with a bank or financial institution
Finnish: olla pankki|pankin asiakas
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trans-top|to put into bank
Finnish: tallettaa
Russian: кла��� в банк#Russian|банк (klast� v bank)
Swedish: sätta in
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trans-top|to make incline in turn
Finnish: t-|fi|kallistaa
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trans-top|to form into a bank
Finnish: t+|fi|kasata
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trans-top|to cover in ashes
Finnish: peittää tuhka|tuhkalla
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Derived terms
bank on


Crimean Tatar

Noun
bank

  1. bank (financial institution)
  2. jar

Declension
crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns


Danish

Noun
bank
en-noun
en-noun|sg=bank

  1. #English|bank (financial institution)
  2. sum of bets (e.g. in a casino)
  3. a beating

Derived terms
over en bank<!-- wholesale -->
bankanvisning<!-- draft, cheque -->
bankier <!-- banker -->
bankør <!-- banker in a casino -->


Dutch

Noun
nl-noun|g1m|g2f|dim=bankje

  1. #English|bank (financial institution)
  2. couch, sofa, bench

Derived terms
door de bank genomen<!-- on average -->
spermabank#Dutch|spermabank


Norwegian

Pronunciation
IPA|/b��k/

Noun
no-noun-m1

  1. #English|bank

Polish

Pronunciation
IPA|/bank/

Noun
bank m (plural banki, instrumental singular bankiem)

  1. #English|bank

Category:Polish nouns


Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-bank.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-reg-er
bank c

  1. bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution)
  2. bank (place of storage)
  3. bank (of a river of lake)
  4. sandbank

Derived terms
blodbank<!--blood bank-->
spermabank#Swedish|spermabank<!--sperm bank-->
strandbank<!--river bank-->


Volapük

Noun
bank

  1. bank (financial institution)

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