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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.
  • bench noun A long seat for more than one person, found in parks, courts, or changing rooms.
  • school noun An institution where people, especially children, go to be taught.
  • shelf noun A flat board fixed to a wall or cabinet, used for holding or displaying objects.

Senses

banco is used for these senses in English:

  • 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
  • bank (countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game.
  • bank (countable, mostly, in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
  • bench (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
  • school (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
  • shelf A reef, sandbar, or shoal.

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.

bench — full definition

  1. noun A long seat for more than one person, found in parks, courts, or changing rooms.
  2. noun The judge or judges in a court, collectively; the judiciary.
  3. noun In sport, where substitute players and coaches sit, or those players collectively.
  4. noun A sturdy work surface, as in a workshop or kitchen.
  5. verb To remove a player from a game or a person from active duty, usually temporarily.

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