bank

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Derived terms 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Danish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Derived terms 5 Hungarian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 6 Middle English 6.1 Noun 7 Norwegian 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 8 Polish 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 9 Swedish 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Noun 9.2.1 Derived terms 10 Volapük 10.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Italian banco, "bench", from the benches in public places from which the first bankers in Renaissance Italy would operate.

The bank of a river or lake is from Old English banca, Old Norse banke and Middle English bank.

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  Rhymes: -æŋk

[edit] Noun

bank (plural banks)

1. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
2. A branch office of such an institution
3. A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

   blood bank

   sperm bank

   data bank

4. A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

   a bank of switches

5. An edge of river or other watercourse.
6. (nautical) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
7. An embankment
8. (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
9. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
10. (rail transport) an incline, a hill

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bankability bankable bank account bank agent bank balance bank bill bank book bank card bank charges bank cheque bank clerk bank draft banker bank giro bank holiday banking bank interest bank loan

bank manager banknote bank of deposit bank of issue bank paper bank rate bank reserves bankroll bank statement bank stock bank up blood bank bottle bank break the bank central bank clay-bank clearing bank cloud bank

cry all the way to the bank databank embank embankment investment bank Jodrell Bank joint-stock bank land bank laugh all the way to the bank Left Bank left-bank memory bank merchant bank national bank oyster bank peat bank penny bank

piggy bank pot bank private bank reserve bank right-bank river bank sand bank savings bank sea bank sperm bank spoil bank state bank stopbank take it to the bank trustee savings bank West Bank World Bank

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• bankrupt

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[edit] Verb

to bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)

1. (aviation, intransitive) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
2. (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution.

   He banked with Barclays.

3. (transitive) To put into a bank.

   I'm going to bank the money.

4. (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
5. (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
6. (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

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• bank on

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bank

1. bank (financial institution)

[edit] Declension

Nominative bank

Genitive banknıñ

Dative bankqa

Accusative banknı

Locative bankta

Ablative banktan

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bank

bank (plural banks)

bank (plural banks)

1. bank (financial institution)
2. sum of bets (e.g. in a casino)
3. a beating

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• over en bank
• bankanvisning
• bankier
• bankør

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bank m. and f. (plural banken, diminutive bankje)

1. bank (financial institution)
2. couch, sofa, bench

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• door de bank genomen
• spermabank

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[edit] Hungarian

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• IPA: /ˈbɒnk/
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bank (plural bankok)

1. bank (financial institution)

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[edit] Middle English

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bank

1. the bank of a river or lake

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[edit] Norwegian

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• IPA: /bɑŋk/

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bank m. (definite singular banken; indefinite plural banker; definite plural bankene)

1. bank

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IPA: [baŋk]

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bank m. (plural banki, instrumental singular bankiem)

1. bank

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Inflection for bank	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bank	banken	banker	bankerna
Genitive	banks	bankens	bankers	bankernas

bank c.

1. bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution)
2. bank (place of storage)
3. bank (of a river of lake)
4. sandbank

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• blodbank
• spermabank
• strandbank

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[edit] Volapük

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bank

1. bank (financial institution)