Bank Meaning

There are 18 meaning(s) for word Bank

Meaning 1 : a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

    Example : he cashed a check at the bank,that bank holds the mortgage on my home

    Synonyms : banking company,  banking concern,  depository financial institution
Meaning 2 : have faith or confidence in

    Synonyms : bet,  calculate,  count,  depend,  look,  reckon,  rely,  swear
Meaning 3 : put into a bank account

    Synonyms : deposit
Meaning 4 : a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

    Example : the coin bank was empty

    Synonyms : coin bank,  money box,  savings bank
Meaning 5 : 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

    Synonyms : camber,  cant
Meaning 6 : a building in which the business of banking transacted

    Example : the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon

    Synonyms : bank building
Meaning 7 : act as the banker in a game or in gambling

Meaning 8 : a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)

    Example : the plane went into a steep bank

Meaning 9 : a long ridge or pile

    Example : a huge bank of earth

Meaning 10 : an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

    Example : he operated a bank of switches

Meaning 11 : a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

Meaning 12 : be in the banking business

Meaning 13 : cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

    Example : bank a fire

Meaning 14 : do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

    Example : Where do you bank in this town?

Meaning 15 : enclose with a bank

    Example : bank roads

Meaning 16 : sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

    Example : they pulled the canoe up on the bank,he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents

Meaning 17 : the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games

    Example : he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo

Meaning 18 : tip laterally

    Example : the pilot had to bank the aircraft

How to Pronounce Bank

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