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Banco — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bank noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
  • Banquo name A character in Shakespeare's play Macbeth, based on a semi-legendary Scottish nobleman.
  • 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.
  • school noun An institution where people, especially children, go to be taught.

Senses

Banco is used for these senses in English:

  • Banquo A prominent character in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, based on a semihistorical figure from the 11th century, who was previously thought to be the progenitor of the Scottish House of Stewart.
  • bank (countable) A branch office of such an institution.
  • bank (nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth
  • bench (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
  • floe A low, flat mass of floating ice.
  • 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.
  • school (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

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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