Bank Definition

băngk

banked, banking, banks

noun

banks

A piled-up mass, as of snow or clouds; a heap.

A bank of thunderclouds.

American Heritage

An establishment for receiving, keeping, lending, or, sometimes, issuing money, and making easier the exchange of funds by checks, notes, etc.

Webster's New World

A steep natural incline.

American Heritage

The office or building of such an establishment.

Webster's New World

An artificial embankment.

American Heritage

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verb

banked, banking

To border or protect with a ridge or embankment.

American Heritage

To arrange or set up in a row.

American Heritage

To deposit money in or do business with a bank.

Webster's New World

To deposit (money) in a bank.

Webster's New World

To pile up; amass.

Banked earth along the wall.

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idiom

bank on

Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bank

From Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Cognate with Old High German banc, banch (“counter, bench”), Old English benc (“bench”). More at bench.

From Wiktionary
Middle English banke, from Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English banke from French banque from Old Italian banca bench, moneychanger's table from Old High German banc

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English bank (“bank”), banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), from Frankish *bank. Akin to Old English benc (“bench”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English bench from Old French banc from Late Latin bancus of Germanic origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Probably from French banc. Of German origin, and akin to English bench.

From Wiktionary
Middle English of Scandinavian origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition