Bank Definition

băngk
banked, banking, banks
noun
banks
A piled-up mass, as of snow or clouds; a heap.
A bank of thunderclouds.
American Heritage
An establishment for receiving, keeping, lending, or, sometimes, issuing money, and making easier the exchange of funds by checks, notes, etc.
Webster's New World
A steep natural incline.
American Heritage
The office or building of such an establishment.
Webster's New World
An artificial embankment.
American Heritage
verb
banked, banking
To border or protect with a ridge or embankment.
American Heritage
To arrange or set up in a row.
American Heritage
To deposit money in or do business with a bank.
Webster's New World
To deposit (money) in a bank.
Webster's New World
To pile up; amass.
Banked earth along the wall.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
bank on
  • to depend on; rely on
Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bank

Origin of Bank

  • From Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Cognate with Old High German banc, banch (“counter, bench”), Old English benc (“bench”). More at bench.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English banke, from Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English banke from French banque from Old Italian banca bench, moneychanger's table from Old High German banc

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English bank (“bank”), banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), from Frankish *bank. Akin to Old English benc (“bench”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bench from Old French banc from Late Latin bancus of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably from French banc. Of German origin, and akin to English bench.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English of Scandinavian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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