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bank
Found in thesaurus: financial institution, incline, backlog, repository, container, finances, pecuniary resource, tip, enclose, work, cover
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bank
n.
institution for saving and borrowing money; riverbank; cashier; slope; mound, heap (of snow); row of keys (such as on a piano); memory slot, socket for connecting a memory chip (Computers)
n.
money, cash (Slang)
v.
deposit money in a bank; work as banker; count on, depend upon; go ashore
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Bank
A bank is a financial institution that creates credit by lending money to a borrower, thereby creating a corresponding deposit on the bank's balance sheet. Lending activities can be performed either directly or indirectly through capital markets. Due to their importance in the financial system and influence on national economies, banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most nations have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, known as the Basel Accords.
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BANK (art collective)
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bank
Noun
1. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home"
(synonym) depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company
(hypernym) financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation
(hyponym) credit union
(member-holonym) banking industry, banking system
2. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"
(hypernym) slope, incline, side
(hyponym) riverbank, riverside
3. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
(hypernym) reserve, backlog, stockpile
(hyponym) blood bank
4. a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
(synonym) bank building
(hypernym) depository, deposit, repository
(part-meronym) vault, bank vault
5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches"
(hypernym) array
6. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"
(synonym) savings bank, coin bank, money box
(hypernym) container
(hyponym) piggy bank, penny bank
7. a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
(hypernym) ridge
(hyponym) bluff
8. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
(hypernym) funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
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
(synonym) cant, camber
(hypernym) slope, incline, side
10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank"
(hypernym) flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
(hyponym) vertical bank
Verb
1. tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
(hypernym) tip
2. enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
(hypernym) enclose, inclose, shut in
3. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?"
(hypernym) transact
(derivation) depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company
4. act as the banker in a game or in gambling
(hypernym) act
5. be in the banking business
(hypernym) work, do work
(derivation) banker
6. put into a bank account; "She deposites her paycheck every month"
(synonym) deposit
(hypernym) give
(hyponym) redeposit
(derivation) depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company
7. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"
(hypernym) cover
8. have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
(synonym) trust, swear, rely
(hypernym) believe
(hyponym) credit
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Bank (die)
nf.
bank, institution for saving and borrowing money; bench, long seat; work table
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bank (de)
n.
couch, bench, seat; bank (Finance); data bank; sand bank, riverbank
