12 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\, n.
A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a
bank of electric lamps, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
The lateral inclination of an a["e]roplane as it rounds a
curve; as, a bank of 45[deg] is easy; a bank of 90[deg] is
dangerous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\, v. i. (A["e]ronautics)
To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying
machine, an a["e]rocurve, or the like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\ (b[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and
prob. of Scand. origin.; cf. Icel. bakki. See {Bench}.]
1. 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.
They cast up a bank against the city. --2 Sam. xx.
15.
2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of
a ravine.
3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a
lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or
other hollow.
Tiber trembled underneath her banks. --Shak.
4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal,
shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
5. (Mining)
(a) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
(b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above
water level.
(c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought
to bank.
{Bank beaver} (Zo["o]l.), the otter. [Local, U.S.]
{Bank swallow}, a small American and European swallow
({Clivicola riparia}) that nests in a hole which it
excavates in a bank.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Banc \Banc\, Bancus \Ban"cus\, Bank \Bank\, n. [OF. banc, LL.
bancus. See {Bank}, n.]
A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a
tribunal or court.
{In banc}, {In banco} (the ablative of bancus), {In bank}, in
full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings
in banc (distinguished from sittings at {nisi prius}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\, v. i.
1. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\, n. [F. banque, It. banca, orig. bench, table,
counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench; cf. G. bank
bench, OHG. banch. See {Bench}, and cf. {Banco}, {Beach}.]
1. 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.
2. The building or office used for banking purposes.
3. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in
transacting business; a joint stock or capital. [Obs.]
Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be
master of his own money. --Bacon.
4. (Gaming) 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.
5. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which
the players are allowed to draw.
{Bank credit}, a credit by which a person who has given the
required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a
certain extent agreed upon.
{Bank of deposit}, a bank which receives money for safe
keeping.
{Bank of issue}, a bank which issues its own notes payable to
bearer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banked}(b[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Banking}.]
1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
fortify with a bank; to embank. ``Banked well with
earth.'' --Holland.
2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.
{To bank a fire}, {To bank up a fire}, to cover the coals or
embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
but alive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\, n. [Prob. fr. F. banc. Of German origin, and akin
to E. bench. See {Bench}.]
1. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweep
Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep.
--Waller.
2. (Law)
(a) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
(b) 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}. --Burrill.
3. (Printing) A sort of table used by printers.
4. (Music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard,
as in an organ. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\, v. t.
To deposit in a bank.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bank
n 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"
[syn: {depository financial institution}, {banking
concern}, {banking company}]
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"
3: a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially
in emergencies)
4: a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the
bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" [syn: {bank
building}]
5: an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he
operated a bank of switches"
6: a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping
money at home; "the coin bank was empty" [syn: {savings
bank}, {coin bank}, {money box}]
7: a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
8: the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some
gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte
Carlo"
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 [syn: {cant}, {camber}]
10: a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its
longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane
went into a steep bank"
v 1: tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
2: enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
3: do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where
do you bank in this town?"
4: act as the banker in a game or in gambling
5: be in the banking business
6: put into a bank account; "She deposites her paycheck every
month" [syn: {deposit}] [ant: {withdraw}]
7: cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a
fire"
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" [syn: {trust}, {swear}, {rely}]
[ant: {distrust}, {distrust}]
From eng-fra [engfra]:
bank
[bæŋk]
banque