What does BANK mean?
Definitions for BANK
bæŋkbank
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word BANK.
Princeton's WordNet
banknoun
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"
depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking companynoun
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"
banknoun
a long ridge or pile
"a huge bank of earth"
banknoun
an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
"he operated a bank of switches"
banknoun
a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
banknoun
the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
"he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
bank, cant, cambernoun
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
savings bank, coin bank, money box, banknoun
a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
"the coin bank was empty"
bank, bank buildingnoun
a building in which the business of banking transacted
"the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
bankverb
a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
"the plane went into a steep bank"
bankverb
tip laterally
"the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
bankverb
enclose with a bank
"bank roads"
bankverb
do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
"Where do you bank in this town?"
bankverb
act as the banker in a game or in gambling
bankverb
be in the banking business
deposit, bankverb
put into a bank account
"She deposits her paycheck every month"
bankverb
cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
"bank a fire"
trust, swear, rely, bankverb
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"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BANKnoun
Etymology: banc, Saxon.
Have you not made an universal shout,
That Tyber trembled underneath his bank. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæs.Richmond, in Devonshire, sent out a boat
Unto the shore, to ask those on the banks,
If they were his assistants. William Shakespeare, Richard III.A brook whose stream so great, so good,
Was lov’d, was honour’d as a flood:
Whose banks the Muses dwelt upon. Richard Crashaw.’Tis happy when our streams of knowledge flow,
To fill their banks, but not to overthrow. John Denham.O early lost! what tears the river shed,
When the sad pomp along his banks was led! Alexander Pope.They besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city; and it stood in the trench. 2 Samuel, xx. 15.
Plac’d on your banks, the lusty Trojans sweep
Neptune’s smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep. Edmund Waller.Mean time the king with gifts a vessel stores,
Supplies the banks with twenty chosen oars. John Dryden, Homer.That banks of oars were not in the same plain, but raised above one another, is evident from descriptions of ancient ships. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.
Let it be no bank, or common stock, but every man be master of his own money. Not that I altogether mislike banks, but they will hardly be brooked in regard of certain suspicions. Francis Bacon, Essays.
This mass of treasure you should now reduce;
But you your store have hoarded in some bank. John Denham.Their pardons and indulgences, and giving men a share in saints merits, out of the common bank and treasury of the church, which the pope has the sole custody of. South.
To Bankverb
Etymology: from the noun.
Amid the cliffs
And burning sands, that bank the shrubby vales. James Thomson.
Wikipedia
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates credit. Lending activities can be performed either directly or indirectly through capital markets. Due to their importance in the financial stability of a country, 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. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the 14th century in the prosperous cities of Renaissance Italy but in many ways was a continuation of ideas and concepts of credit and lending that had their roots in the ancient world. In the history of banking, a number of banking dynasties – notably, the Medicis, the Fuggers, the Welsers, the Berenbergs, and the Rothschilds – have played a central role over many centuries. The oldest existing retail bank is Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, while the oldest existing merchant bank is Berenberg Bank.
ChatGPT
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A bank is a financial institution licensed to receive deposits and make loans. Banks may also provide various financial services, such as wealth management, currency exchange, and safe deposit boxes. They play a significant role in the economy of a country by controlling the money supply, offering credit facilities, and serving as intermediaries in financial transactions. Banks can be categorized into several groups based on their activities, such as commercial banks, investment banks, savings banks, and credit unions.
Webster Dictionary
Banknoun
a bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court
Banknoun
a mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow
Banknoun
a steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine
Banknoun
the margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow
Banknoun
an elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland
Banknoun
the face of the coal at which miners are working
Banknoun
a deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level
Banknoun
the ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank
Bankverb
to raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank
Bankverb
to heap or pile up; as, to bank sand
Bankverb
to pass by the banks of
Banknoun
a bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars
Banknoun
the bench or seat upon which the judges sit
Banknoun
the regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc
Banknoun
a sort of table used by printers
Banknoun
a bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ
Banknoun
an establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity
Banknoun
the building or office used for banking purposes
Banknoun
a fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital
Banknoun
the sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses
Banknoun
in certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw
Bankverb
to deposit in a bank
Bankverb
to keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker
Bankverb
to deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker
Wikidata
Bank
A bank is a financial institution and a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities, either directly by loaning or indirectly through capital markets. A bank is the connection between customers that have capital deficits and customers with capital surpluses. Due to their influence within a financial system and the economy, banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most banks operate under a system known as fractional reserve banking where they hold only a small reserve of the funds deposited and lend out the rest for profit. They are generally subject to minimum capital requirements which are based on an international set of capital standards, known as the Basel Accords. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the 14th century in the rich cities of Renaissance Italy but in many ways was a continuation of ideas and concepts of credit and lending that had its roots in the ancient world. In the history of banking, a number of banking dynasties have played a central role over many centuries.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bank
bangk, n. a mound or ridge of earth: the earthy margin of a river, lake, &c.: the raised edge of a road, railway cutting, &c.: (min.) the surface at the pit-mouth, as in banksman: rising ground in the sea.—v.t. to enclose with a bank: to deposit or pile up: to make up a fire by covering it with a heap of fuel so pressed down as to remain a long time burning slowly—banked fires.—n. Banks′man, an overseer at a pit-mouth.—From bank to bank, from the time the collier begins to descend the pit for his spell of work till he reaches the top again. [M. E. banke, of Scand. origin; cog. with Bank, Bench.]
Bank
bangk, n. a bench in a galley: a tier or rank of oars: the bench on which judges sat. [O. Fr. banc, of Teut. origin, cog. with the foregoing word.]
Bank
bangk, n. a place where money is deposited: an institution for the keeping, lending, and exchanging, &c. of money: in games of hazard, the money the proprietor, who plays against all the others, has before him.—v.t. to deposit in a bank, as money.—ns. Bank′-ā′gent, the head of a branch bank; Bank′-bill, a bill drawn by one bank upon another, payable at a future date, or on demand; Bank′-cheque, an order to pay issued upon a bank; Bank′er, one who keeps a bank: one employed in banking business:—fem. Bank′eress; Bank′-hol′iday, a day on which banks are legally closed, bills falling due on these being payable the following day; Bank′ing, the business of a banker.—adj. pertaining to a bank.—ns. Bank′-note, a note issued by a bank, which passes as money, being payable to bearer on demand; Bank′-pap′er, bank-notes in circulation; Bank′-stock, a share or shares in the capital stock of a bank; Branch′-bank, a branch office of a bank; Sav′ings-bank, one intended originally to develop a spirit of saving amongst the poor.—Bank annuities, the consolidated three per cent. annuities—British Government funds.—Bank of issue, one that issues its own notes, or promises to pay; Joint-stock bank, one of which the capital is subscribed by a large number of shareholders; Private bank, one carried on by any number of persons less than ten.—To break the bank, to win, as in faro, from the management a certain sum which has been fixed upon as the limit the bank is willing to lose on any one day; To play against the bank, to take the risks of a game against the manager who holds the bank, as at rouge-et-noir, &c. [Fr. banque, of Teut. origin, cog. with two foregoing words.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
bank
The right or left boundary of a river, in looking from its source towards the sea, and the immediate margin or border of a lake. Also, a thwart, banco, or bench, for the rowers in a galley. Also, a rising ground in the sea, differing from a shoal, because not rocky but composed of sand, mud, or gravel. Also, mural elevations constructed of clay, stones, or any materials at hand, to prevent inundations.
Rap Dictionary
banknoun
Money. "That's cool cause I whipped out bank" -- Sir Mix-a-lot (I got game).
Editors Contribution
bank
A type of social enterprise or nationalized organization created and functioning according to accurate and specific socialist unity government legislation, license and a form of regulation using ethical, efficient and effective structures and systems with an official license. The social enterprise employs a group of united people who work together with a perfect, accurate, simple and specific budget, goals, laws, legislation, objectives, plans, processes, procedures, rules, strategies, structures, systems, treaties, vision, equal and identical pay for all management and employees, sense of solidarity and cohesion. All social enterprises employ a moderate number of employees who receive the equal and identical pay and holiday entitlement and all profits earned from the enterprise are reinvested where required, just and fair or shared with the national unity government to redistribute using just real-time data, information, facts, research and statistics and an agreed percentage to the united nations SDG projects which are assessed and approved by the relevant local, regional, national, european or international SDG assessment panel.
The bank and banking system are part of our societies at present, these systems must pay their fair share of taxes, the public have chosen to transform them into cooperative banks, nationalized banks and social enterprises as we choose fair and just banking for all.
Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BANK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bank is ranked #12953 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bank surname appeared 2,371 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Bank.
80% or 1,898 total occurrences were White.
10% or 238 total occurrences were Black.
5.1% or 123 total occurrences were Asian.
2.8% or 67 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BANK' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #557
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BANK' in Written Corpus Frequency: #926
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BANK' in Nouns Frequency: #135
Anagrams for BANK »
nabk
knab
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of BANK in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of BANK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of BANK in a Sentence
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:
The Bank of Japan is implementing bold monetary easing to achieve its 2 percent inflation target. It's up to the BOJ to decide on specific monetary means to achieve this.
What we recommend here is that the regulators are basically breathing down the neck of the banks all the time, constantly assessing and reassessing whether the bank capital is enough and if not, acting quickly to ask for more capital.
We evolved from being really nice. Right after the settlement we became the nicest bank in America.
Generally, if the average indicator of the Chinese economy is OK, the way for the central bank to have a specific policy targeted to the real estate market is difficult.
There will be a firming of the currency - towards 61 (roubles per dollar), maybe lower, towards 60, however, we need a set of measures - a single rate hike as such may not be enough ... comments on further steps from the leadership of the central bank are crucial.
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- bankAfrikaans
- مصرف, بنك, ضِفَّةArabic
- bankAzerbaijani
- ярBashkir
- банк, бе́рагBelarusian
- хранилище, банка, банков клон, рид, бряг, плитчина, вира́ж, правя насип, внасям, наклонявам се, влагам, натрупвамBulgarian
- bangBislama
- ব্যাংকBengali
- ti-bank, bank, bankad, riblBreton
- bancCatalan, Valencian
- banka, břehCzech
- брѣгъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- banc, tyleWelsh
- bankfilial, bank, -bank, vold, bred, række, banke, batteriDanish
- Bank, UferGerman
- υποκατάστημα, τράπεζα, ανάχωμα, όχθη, συστοιχία, πλαγιά, αμμοσύρτις, καταθέτωGreek
- bankoEsperanto
- sucursal, banca, banco, almacén, hilera, talud, teclado, terraplén, ribera, bajío, ladeo, orilla, ingresar, apilar, ahorrar, ladear, tener la cuenta en, ladearse, depositar, amontonarSpanish
- pank, kallasEstonian
- banku, banketxeBasque
- بانکPersian
- nostokasa, pelinhoitaja, pankki, valli, hiekkasärkkä, töyräs, rantapenger, särkkä, pengerrys, kosketinrivi, törmä, kenttä, penger, ranta, näppäinrivi, äyräs, asema, penkka, rivi, kallistus, matalikko, kasata, [[olla]] [[pankin]] [[asiakas]], kallistua, tallettaa, kallistaa, [[peittää]] [[tuhkalla]]Finnish
- bankiFaroese
- banque, rive, bancFrench
- bankWestern Frisian
- banc, bruachIrish
- taigh-malairt, taigh-rèidh, banca, bruachScottish Gaelic
- banca, bancoGalician
- בנק, גדהHebrew
- बैंकHindi
- bankHungarian
- բանկ, ափArmenian
- banca, bancoInterlingua
- bankIndonesian
- bankoIdo
- banki, bankaútibú, árbakki, bakkiIcelandic
- banca, cumulo, ripa, sponda, riva, sbandamento, banco, argine, depositareItalian
- バンク, 銀行, 岸Japanese
- ბანკიGeorgian
- fengiKikuyu, Gikuyu
- банкKazakh
- bankiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ធនាគារKhmer
- 銀行, 은행, 둑Korean
- банкKyrgyz
- argentariaLatin
- ທະນາຄານLao
- bankasLithuanian
- bankaLatvian
- pēke, parenga, tahataha, pareparengaMāori
- банка, брегMacedonian
- банкMongolian
- bank, tebingMalay
- ဘဏ်Burmese
- bank, -bank, oeverDutch
- bank, bredd, bankeNorwegian
- bank, brzegPolish
- banco, margemPortuguese
- bancăRomanian
- банк, склад, хранилище, банкомёт, банка, брег, насыпь, бе́рег, вира́ж, вал, отмельRussian
- банка, banka, brȇg, бре̑г, брије̑г, brijȇgSerbo-Croatian
- බැංකුවSinhala, Sinhalese
- banka, brehSlovak
- banka, nabrežje, bregSlovene
- bankë, bankaAlbanian
- bank, bankkontor, sätta inSwedish
- benkiSwahili
- бонкTajik
- ธนาคารThai
- bankTurkmen
- bangkoTagalog
- fale pa'angaTonga (Tonga Islands)
- bankaTurkish
- банкTatar
- банк, бе́рег, бе́рігUkrainian
- بینک, مصرفUrdu
- bankUzbek
- ngân hàng, 銀行Vietnamese
- bankVolapük
- באַנקYiddish
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