bank

bank
1 noun (C)
1 MONEY
a) a business that keeps and lends money and provides other financial services: The major banks have announced an increase in interest rates.
b) a local office of a bank: I have to go to the bank at lunch time.
2 RIVER/LAKE land along the side of a river or lake: Roger pushed the boat away from the bank
-see shore 1
3 PILE a large pile of earth, sand, snow etc: There were steep banks of snow at the sides of the road.
4 blood/sperm/organ etc bank a place where human blood etc is stored until someone needs it
5 cloud/fog bank etc a large mass of clouds, mist etc
6 bank of televisions/elevators/computers etc a large number of machines, television screens etc arranged close together in a row
7 GAME the money in a gambling game that people can win
-see also: break the bank break 1 (32)
8 ROAD a slope made at a bend in a road or racetrack to make it safer for cars to go around
-see also: bottle bank, memory bank 2 verb
1 MONEY (T) to put or keep money in a bank: Did you bank that check?
2 PARTICULAR BANK (I) to keep your money in a particular bank
(+ with): Who do you bank with?
3 TURN (I) to make a plane, motorcycle, or car slope to one side when turning: The plane banked, and circled back toward us.
4 PILE/ROWS also bank up BrE (T) to arrange something into a pile or into rows: The walls of the space center are banked high with electronic equipment.
5 CLOUD/MIST also bank up (T) to form a mass of cloud, mist etc: Banked clouds promised rain.
6 FIRE also bank up (T) to cover a fire with wood, coal etc to keep it going for a long time: Josie banked up the fire to last till morning.
bank on sb/sth phrasal verb (T) to depend on something happening or someone doing something: bank on sb doing sth: We were banking on John being there to show us the way.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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