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superelevation

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su⋅per⋅el⋅e⋅va⋅tion

  [soo-per-el-uh-vey-shuhn]
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–noun
bank 1 (def. 6).
Origin:
1645–55, in sense “elevation to a higher rank”; 1885–90 for current sense; super- + elevation

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 .
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Slang Dictionary
bank

  1. n.
    money; ready cash. (From bankroll.) : I can't go out with you. No bank.
  2. n.
    a toilet. (Where one makes a deposit.) : Man, where's the bank around here?
  3. tv.
    to gang up on and beat someone. (An intransitive version is bank on (so).) : They banked the kid and left him moaning.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bank  (2)
"earthen incline, edge of a river," c.1200, probably in O.E., from O.N. banki, from P.Gmc. *bangkon "slope," cognate with P.Gmc. *bankiz "shelf."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: bank
Pronunciation: 'ba[ng]k
Function: noun
: an organization for the custody, loan, or exchange of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds
branch bank
: a banking facility that is a separate but dependent part of a chartered bank; especially : a facility that performs some banking functions and is separate from a main office
bridge bank
: a national bank that is chartered for a limited time to operate an insolvent bank until it is sold
central bank
: a national bank that establishes monetary and fiscal policy and controls the money supply and interest rate
collecting bank
: a bank other than the payor bank that is handling for collection a negotiable instrument or a promise or order to pay money
commercial bank
: a bank organized chiefly to handle the everyday financial transactions of businesses (as through deposit accounts and commercial loans)
cooperative bank
: an association (as a credit union) owned by and offering banking services for its members; specifically : SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
depositary bank
: the first bank to take a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay money unless the instrument, promise, or order is presented for immediate payment over the counter
federal land bank
: a land bank that is under federal charter and regulated by the Farm Credit Administration
Federal Re·serve bank
: one of 12 central banks set up under the Federal Reserve Act to hold reserves for and extend credit to affiliated banks in their respective districts
intermediary bank
: a bank other than the depositary or payor bank to which a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay is transferred in the course of collection
land bank
1 : a bank that provides financing for land development and farm mortgages esp. by issuing stock —see also FEDERAL LAND BANK in this entry
2 : a trust that holds land for purposes of preservation or conservation
national bank
: a bank operating under federal charter and supervision
nonbank bank
: a financial organization (as a branch of an out-of-state bank) that either accepts demand deposits or makes commercial loans
payor bank
: a bank that is the drawee of a draft
presenting bank
: a bank other than a payor bank that presents a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay money
sav·ings bank
: a bank organized to hold depositors' funds in interest-bearing accounts and to make long-term investments (as in home mortgage loans)
state bank
: a bank operating under state charter and law —bank·er /'ba[ng]-k&r/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bank
Pronunciation: 'ba[ng]k
Function: noun
: a place where something is held available bank>; especially : adepot for the collection and storage of a biological product of human origin for medical use bank> bank> —see BLOOD BANK
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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