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The Meaning of bank
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(n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
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(n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
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(n.) The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
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(n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
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(n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
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(n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
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(n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
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(v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
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(v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
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(v. t.) To pass by the banks of.
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(n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
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(n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
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(n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc.
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(n.) A sort of table used by printers.
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(n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
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(n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
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(n.) The building or office used for banking purposes.
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(n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
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(n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.
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(n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
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(v. t.) To deposit in a bank.
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(v. i.) To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
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(v. i.) To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
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(n.) A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
Homophones
banc
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banke
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banque
Rhymes
antitank
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banc
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banke
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banque
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blanc
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blanck
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blank
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blanke
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brank
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burbank
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clank
,
crank
,
cruikshank
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dahnke
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dank
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deblanc
,
drank
,
flank
,
franc
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franck
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francke
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frank
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gangplank
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hank
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hanke
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interbank
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jahnke
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jank
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janke
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kredietbank
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lablanc
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lank
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leblanc
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mahnke
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manche
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mank
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manke
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mbank
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montblanc
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nonbank
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outflank
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planck
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plank
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prank
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ranck
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rank
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ranke
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riverbank
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sank
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schanck
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schank
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schrank
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shank
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shrank
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slank
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spank
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stahnke
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stank
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stanke
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swank
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tank
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tanke
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thank
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trank
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unitedbank
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yahnke
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yank