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noun
1.
an institution for receiving, lending, exchanging, and safeguarding money and, in some cases, issuing notes and transacting other financial business.
2.
the office or quarters of such an institution.
3.
Games.
a.
the stock or fund of pieces from which the players draw.
b.
the fund of the manager or the dealer.
4.
a special storage place: a blood bank; a sperm bank.
5.
EXPANDa store or reserve.
6.
COLLAPSEObsolete.
a.
a sum of money, especially as a fund for use in business.
b.
a moneychanger's table, counter, or shop.
verb (used without object)
7.
to keep money in or have an account with a bank: Do you bank at the Village Savings Bank?
8.
to exercise the functions of a bank or banker.
9.
Games. to hold the bank.
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Bank on
is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase10.
to deposit in a bank: to bank one's paycheck.
11.
bank on/upon, to count on; depend on: You can bank on him to hand you a reasonable bill for his services.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French banque < Italian banca table, counter, moneychanger's table < Old High German bank bench
1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French banque < Italian banca table, counter, moneychanger's table < Old High German bank bench
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| bank on | |
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| (intr, preposition) to expect or rely with confidence on: you can bank on him always arriving on time | |
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Word Origin & History
bank
"earthen incline, edge of a river," c.1200, probably in O.E. but not attested in surviving documents, from a Scandinavian source such as O.N. banki, O.Dan. banke "sandbank," from P.Gmc. *bangkon "slope," cognate with *bankiz "shelf."
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Slang Dictionary
bank definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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bank on (so) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
bank on
Rely on, count on. For example, You can bank on Molly's caterer to do a good job. This expression alludes to bank as a reliable storage place for money. [Late 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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