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Bank — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bank noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
  • banker noun A person who works in or manages a bank, especially in a senior or professional capacity.
  • bed noun A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting on.
  • bench noun A long seat for more than one person, found in parks, courts, or changing rooms.
  • pew noun A long wooden bench for seating people in a church, usually fixed in rows facing the altar.
  • stratum noun One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.

Senses

Bank is used for these senses in English:

  • banker The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
  • bed An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
  • bench (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
  • bench (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
  • pew Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.
  • stratum (geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.

bank — full definition

  1. noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
  2. noun The raised ground along the edge of a river, lake, or other body of water.
  3. verb To keep or deposit money at a financial institution.
  4. verb Of an aircraft or vehicle, to tilt to one side while turning.

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