bank

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.2.2 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.2 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 1 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.2.2 Inflection 3.3 Etymology 2 3.4 Noun 3.4.1 Derived terms 3.4.2 Noun 3.4.2.1 Synonyms 3.4.2.2 Inflection 3.4.3 Verb 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Derived terms 5 Hungarian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 5.2.2 Derived terms 6 Middle English 6.1 Noun 7 Norwegian 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 8 Polish 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Declension 8.2.2 Derived terms 9 Swedish 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Noun 9.2.1 Derived terms 10 Volapük 10.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English from Middle French banque from Italian banca "counter, moneychanger's table", of Germanic origin, from Old High German bank, banch, banc "counter, bench" from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“‘bench, counter’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæŋk/
• (Tasmanian) IPA: /bɔŋk/
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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. An underwriter or controller of a card game, also banque.
4. A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

   blood bank

   sperm bank

   data bank

5. An edge of a river or lake
6. A slope of earth etc.; an embankment

[edit] Derived terms

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

blood bank bottle bank break the bank central bank clearing bank cry all the way to the bank databank investment bank Jodrell Bank joint-stock bank laugh all the way to the bank memory bank merchant bank national bank

peat bank penny bank piggy bank pot bank private bank reserve bank savings bank sperm bank spoil bank state bank stopbank take it to the bank trustee savings bank World Bank

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• bankrupt

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution.

   He banked with Barclays.

2. (transitive) To put into a bank.

   I'm going to bank the money.

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• bank on

[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English banke from Old English hōbanca "couch" and Old English banc "bank, hillock, embankment" from Proto-Germanic *bankōn-. Akin to Old Norse bakki "elevation, hill"

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bank (plural banks)

1. An edge of river or other watercourse.
2. (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).
3. An embankment
4. (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
5. (rail transport) an incline, a hill

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• bank up
• clay-bank
• cloud bank
• embank
• embankment
• land bank
• Left Bank
• left-bank
• oyster bank
• right-bank
• river bank
• sand bank
• sea bank
• West Bank

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

[edit] Etymology 3

Middle English bank, banke from Old French banc "bench", of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bank. Akin to Old English benc "bench"

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bank (plural banks)

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

   a bank of switches

2. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.

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

1. (order and arrangement, transitive) To arrange or order in a row.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abkn
• nabk

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Noun

bank

1. bank (financial institution)

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From French banque, from Italian banco (“‘bench’”).

[edit] Noun

bank c. (singular definite banken, plural indefinite banker)

1. bank (financial institution, branch office, controller of a game, a safe and guaranteed place of storage)

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• bankanvisning
• bankier
• bankør

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[edit] Etymology 2

From German Bank (“‘bench’”).

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bank c.

1. only used in certain expressions

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• over en bank

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bank n. (singular definite banket, plural indefinite bank)

1. knock (an abrupt rapping sound)
2. (pl.) a beating

[edit] Synonyms

• (beating): tæsk, tæv

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bank

1. Imperative of banke.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

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

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

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• door de bank genomen
• spermabank

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɒnk/
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[edit] Noun

bank (plural bankok)

1. bank (financial institution)

[edit] Declension

declension of bank singular plural nominative bank bankok accusative bankot bankokat dative banknak bankoknak instrumental bankkal bankokkal causal-final bankért bankokért translative bankká bankokká terminative bankig bankokig essive-formal bankként bankokként essive-modal - - inessive bankban bankokban superessive bankon bankokon adessive banknál bankoknál illative bankba bankokba sublative bankra bankokra allative bankhoz bankokhoz elative bankból bankokból delative bankról bankokról ablative banktól bankoktól

possessives of bank possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. bankom bankjaim 2nd person sing. bankod bankjaid 3rd person sing. bankja bankjai 1st person plural bankunk bankjaink 2nd person plural bankotok bankjaitok 3rd person plural bankjuk bankjaik

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• bankjegy
• jegybank
• központi bank

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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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɑŋk/

[edit] Noun

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

1. bank

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [bãŋk]

[edit] Noun

bank m. (plural banki)

1. bank

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bank	banki
Genitive	banku	banków
Dative	bankowi	bankom
Accusative	bank	banki
Instrumental	bankiem	bankami
Locative	banku	bankach
Vocative	banku	banki

[edit] Derived terms

• bankowy
• bankowość
• bankier

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbaŋːk/
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[edit] Noun

Inflection for bank	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	bank	banken	banker	bankerna
Possessive form	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

[edit] Derived terms

• blodbank
• spermabank
• strandbank

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

bank

1. bank (financial institution)