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. |
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. |
Sperm (n.) The male fecundating fluid |
Sperm (n.) Spermaceti. |
Sperm whale () A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. |
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 |
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 |
sperm count | the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate |
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 |
sperm whale cachalot black whale Physeter catodon | large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil, also a source of ambergris |
pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps | small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America |
dwarf sperm whale Kogia simus | very small (to feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific |
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) |
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 |
sperm sperm cell spermatozoon spermatozoan | the male reproductive cell, the male gamete, a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material |
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 |
bank holding company | a holding company owning or controlling one or more banks |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development World Bank IBRD | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments |
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 |
Home Loan Bank | one of regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region |
Federal Home Loan Bank System | the central credit system for thrift institutions |
mutual savings bank MSB | a statehartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees |
federal savings bank FSB | a federally chartered savings bank |
bank | an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers, he operated a bank of switches |
West Bank | an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river, populated largely by Palestinians |
Left Bank Latin Quarter | the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine, a center of artistic and student life |
Right Bank | the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine |