Bank
(n.) A bench |
Bank
(n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level |
Bank
(n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. |
Bank
(n.) The margin of a watercourse |
Bank
(n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea |
Bank
(n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working. |
Bank
(n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. |
Bank
(n.) The ground at the top of a shaft |
Bank
(v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about |
Bank
(v. t.) To heap or pile up |
Bank
(v. t.) To pass by the banks of. |
Bank
(n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley |
Bank
(n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit. |
Bank
(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. |
Bank
(n.) A sort of table used by printers. |
Bank
(n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. |
Bank
(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 |
Bank
(n.) The building or office used for banking purposes. |
Bank
(n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business |
Bank
(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. |
Bank
(n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. |
Bank
(v. t.) To deposit in a bank. |
Bank
(v. i.) To keep a bank |
Bank
(v. i.) To deposit money in a bank |
Bank bill
() In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency |
Bank bill
() In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency. |
Bank book
() A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank. |
Bank note
() A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand. |
Bank note
() Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date |
Bank note
() A promissory note payable at a bank. |
Bank-sided
(a.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship |
Bank swallow
() See under 1st Bank, n. |
Development
(n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown |
Development
(n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. |
Development
(n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. |
Development
(n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed. |
Development
(n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject |
Double-bank
(v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
Sea bank
() The seashore. |
Sea bank
() A bank or mole to defend against the sea. |
| bank shot | a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop |
| bank | a flight maneuver, aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning), the plane went into a steep bank |
| vertical bank | a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical |
| bank closing | act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure |
| development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining, he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency, they funded research and development |
| product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
| bank withdrawal | the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank |
| bank run | the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail |
Russian bank
crapette | solitaire with two players using separate packs |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
exploitation
development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful, the development of Alaskan resources, the exploitation of copper deposits |
| land development | making an area of land more useful |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
| bank examination | an examination of the affairs and records of a bank by a state or federal bank examiner |
bank martin
bank swallow
sand martin
Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
bank
bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted, the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon |
| bottle bank | a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling |
oyster bed
oyster bank
oyster park | a workplace where oysters are bred and grown |
piggy bank
penny bank | a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) |
| ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road |
savings bank
coin bank
money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
snowbank
snow bank | a mound or heap of snow |
| sperm bank | a depository for storing sperm |
| vault bank vault | a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables |
bank identification number
BIN
ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
| bank charter | a charter authorizing the operation of a bank |
| bank statement | a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client, I wish my bank statement arrived earlier in the month |
| development | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
| development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation, recent developments in Iraq, what a revolting development! |
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing and Urban Development
HUD | the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal, created in |
| bank holding company | a holding company owning or controlling one or more banks |
| Social Development Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
World Bank
IBRD | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments |
International Development Association
IDA | an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank |
Advanced Research and Development Activity
ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
| central bank | a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government |
| European Central Bank | the central bank of those members of the European Union who share a common currency, The European Central Bank is Europe's equivalent of the Federal Reserve |
Federal Reserve Bank
reserve bank | one of regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region |
| Bank of England | the central bank of England and Wales |
| Bank of Japan | the central bank of Japan |
| agent bank | a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank |
commercial bank
full service bank | a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public |
| national bank | a commercial bank chartered by the federal government |
| state bank | a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government |
lead bank
agent bank | a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests |
| member bank | a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System |
merchant bank
acquirer | a credit card processing bank, merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee |
depository financial institution
bank
banking concern
banking company | a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities, he cashed a check at the bank, that bank holds the mortgage on my home |
industrial bank
industrial loan company | a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers |
| savings bank | a thrift institution in the northeastern United States, since deregulation in the s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks |