bank
//ˈbæŋk//
Forms
- Plural
- banks
- present (v1)
- bank
- past (v2)
- banked
- past participle (v3)
- banked
- present participle
- banking
- 3rd person singular
- banks
Definitions
1.An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- Tom works for a bank.
- I'm going to the bank.
2.A branch office of such an institution.
- Tom works for a bank.
- I'm going to the bank.
3.An underwriter or controller of a card game.
- Tom works for a bank.
- I'm going to the bank.
4.A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money.
1.To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.(slang)
- Johnny banked some coke for me.
2.To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
3.To put into a bank.
- I’m going to bank the money.
4.To provide banking services to.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bank.
- They proposed an ambitious plan to bank people in remote rural communities.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #695
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.
Proto-Germanic *bankiz
Proto-West Germanic *banki
Lombardic bankbor.
Italian bancabor.
Middle French banqueder.
English bank