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bank⋅ing

  [bang-king]
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–noun
1. the business carried on by a bank or a banker.
2. banking as a profession.
Origin:
1725–35; bank 2 + -ing 1
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bank

1  [bangk]
–noun
1. a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds.
2. a slope or acclivity.
3. Physical Geography. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs.
4. a broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation.
5. Coal Mining. the surface around the mouth of a shaft.
6. Also called cant, superelevation. the inclination of the bed of a banked road or railroad.
7. Aeronautics. the lateral inclination of an aircraft, esp. during a turn.
8. Billiards, Pool. the cushion of the table.
–verb (used with object)
9. to border with or like a bank; embank: banking the river with sandbags at flood stage.
10. to form into a bank or heap (usually fol. by up): to bank up the snow.
11. to build (a road or railroad track) with an upward slope from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve.
12. Aeronautics. to tip or incline (an airplane) laterally.
13. Billiards, Pool.
a. to drive (a ball) to the cushion.
b. to pocket (the object ball) by driving it against the bank.
14. to cover (a fire) with ashes or fuel to make it burn long and slowly.
–verb (used without object)
15. to build up in or form banks, as clouds or snow.
16. Aeronautics. to tip or incline an airplane laterally.
17. Horology. (of a lever or balance) to be halted at either end of its oscillation by striking a pin or the like.
18. (of a road or railroad track) to slope upward from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME banke, OE hōbanca couch; c. ON bakki elevation, hill, Sw backe, Dan bakke < Gmc *bank-ōn-; perh. akin to Skt bhañj- bend, Lith bangà wave; see bank 3 , bench

Synonyms:
1. embankment, mound, ridge, dike. 3. See shore 1 .

bank

2  [bangk]
–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. a store or reserve.
6. Obsolete.
a. a sum of money, esp. 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.
–verb (used with object)
10. to deposit in a bank: to bank one's paycheck.
—Verb phrase
11. bank on or upon, to count on; depend on: You can bank on him to hand you a reasonable bill for his services.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF banque < It banca table, counter, moneychanger's table < OHG bank bench

bank

3  [bangk]
–noun
1. an arrangement of objects in a line or in tiers: a bank of seats; a bank of lights.
2. Music. a row of keys on an organ.
3. a row of elevator cars, as in a hotel or high-rise office building.
4. a bench for rowers in a galley.
5. a row or tier of oars.
6. the group of rowers occupying one bench or rowing one oar.
7. Printing.
a. (formerly) a bench on which sheets are placed as printed.
b. Also called, especially British, random. the sloping work surface at the top of a compositor's workbench.
c. a table or rack on which type material is stored before being made up in forms.
8. Also called deck. Journalism. a part of a headline containing one or more lines of type, esp. a part that appears below the main part.
9. Electricity. a number of similar devices connected to act together: a bank of transformers; a bank of resistors.
–verb (used with object)
10. to arrange in a bank: to bank the seats; to bank the lights.
Origin:
1200–50; ME bank(e) < OF banc bench < Gmc; see bank 1
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bank 1   (bāngk)   
n.  
  1. A piled-up mass, as of snow or clouds. See Synonyms at heap.
  2. A steep natural incline.
  3. An artificial embankment.
  4. The slope of land adjoining a body of water, especially adjoining a river, lake, or channel. Often used in the plural.
  5. A large elevated area of a sea floor. Often used in the plural.
  6. Games The cushion of a billiard or pool table.
  7. The lateral inward tilting, as of a motor vehicle or an aircraft, in turning or negotiating a curve.
v.   banked, bank·ing, banks

v.   tr.
  1. To border or protect with a ridge or embankment.
  2. To pile up; amass: banked earth along the wall.
  3. To cover (a fire), as with ashes or fresh fuel, to ensure continued low burning.
  4. To construct with a slope rising to the outside edge: The turns on the racetrack were steeply banked.
    1. To tilt (an aircraft) laterally and inwardly in flight.
    2. To tilt (a motor vehicle) laterally and inwardly when negotiating a curve.
  6. Games To strike (a billiard ball) so that it rebounds from the cushion of the table.
  7. Sports To play (a ball or puck) in such a way as to make it glance off a surface, such as a backboard or wall.
v.   intr.
  1. To rise in or take the form of a bank.
  2. To tilt an aircraft or a motor vehicle laterally when turning.

[Middle English, of Scandinavian origin.]
bank 2   (bāngk)   
n.  
    1. A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged.
    2. The offices or building in which such an establishment is located.
    3. The funds of a gambling establishment.
    4. The funds held by a dealer or banker in some gambling games.
    5. The reserve pieces, cards, chips, or play money in some games, such as poker, from which the players may draw.
    6. A supply or stock for future or emergency use: a grain bank.
    7. Medicine A supply of human tissues or other materials, such as blood, skin, or sperm, held in reserve for future use.
  2. Games
    1. The funds of a gambling establishment.
    2. The funds held by a dealer or banker in some gambling games.
    3. The reserve pieces, cards, chips, or play money in some games, such as poker, from which the players may draw.
    4. A supply or stock for future or emergency use: a grain bank.
    5. Medicine A supply of human tissues or other materials, such as blood, skin, or sperm, held in reserve for future use.
    1. A supply or stock for future or emergency use: a grain bank.
    2. Medicine A supply of human tissues or other materials, such as blood, skin, or sperm, held in reserve for future use.
  4. A place of safekeeping or storage: a computer's memory bank.
  5. Obsolete A moneychanger's table or place of business.
v.   banked, bank·ing, banks

v.   tr.
To deposit in or as if in a bank.
v.   intr.
  1. To transact business with a bank or maintain a bank account.
  2. To operate a bank.
Phrasal Verb(s):
bank onTo have confidence in; rely on.

[Middle English banke, from French banque, from Old Italian banca, bench, moneychanger's table, from Old High German banc.]
bank 3   (bāngk)   
n.  
  1. A set of similar or matched things arranged in a row, especially:
    1. A set of elevators.
    2. A row of keys on a keyboard.
    3. A bench for rowers in a galley.
    4. A row of oars in a galley.
  2. Nautical
    1. A bench for rowers in a galley.
    2. A row of oars in a galley.
  3. Printing The lines of type under a headline.
tr.v.   banked, bank·ing, banks
To arrange or set up in a row: "Every street was banked with purple-blooming trees" (Doris Lessing).

[Middle English, bench, from Old French banc, from Late Latin bancus, of Germanic origin.]
bank·ing   (bāng'kĭng)   
n.  
  1. The business of a bank.
  2. The occupation of a banker.
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Banking

Bank"ing\, n. The business of a bank or of a banker.

Banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : banking
Spanish: golpe,
German: der Schlag,
Japanese: ノック
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Main Entry: bank·ing
Pronunciation: 'ba[ng]-ki[ng]
Function: noun
: the business of a bank or banker
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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