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bank

English

  1. 🔊 a flight maneuver
    “the plane went into a steep bank”
  2. 🔊 a building in which the business of banking transacted
    “the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon”
  3. 🔊 an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
    “he operated a bank of switches”
  4. 🔊 a long ridge or pile
    “a huge bank of earth”
  5. 🔊 sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
    “they pulled the canoe up on the bank”
  6. 🔊 a slope in the turn of a road or track
  7. 🔊 the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
    “he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo”
  8. 🔊 a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
  9. 🔊 a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
    “he cashed a check at the bank”
  10. 🔊 a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
    “the coin bank was empty”
  11. 🔊 cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
    “bank a fire”
  12. 🔊 enclose with a bank
    “bank roads”
  13. 🔊 tip laterally
    “the pilot had to bank the aircraft”
  14. 🔊 be in the banking business
  15. 🔊 act as the banker in a game or in gambling
  16. 🔊 do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
    “Where do you bank in this town?”
  17. 🔊 put into a bank account
    “She deposits her paycheck every month”
  18. 🔊 have faith or confidence in
    “you can count on me to help you any time”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 caja bank

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