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. |
Collapse
(v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel |
Collapse
(v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure |
Collapse
(n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel. |
Collapse
(n.) A sudden and complete failure |
Collapse
(n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance. |
Degradation
(n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing |
Degradation
(n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation |
Degradation
(n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value |
Degradation
(n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc. |
Degradation
(n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms |
Degradation
(n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. |
Double-bank
(v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
Embankment
(n.) The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. |
Embankment
(n.) A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc. |
Failure
(n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect |
Failure
(n.) Omission |
Failure
(n.) Want of success |
Failure
(n.) Decay, or defect from decay |
| failure | an unexpected omission, he resented my failure to return his call, the mechanic's failure to check the brakes |
| failure | an act that fails, his failure to pass the test |
| 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 |
degradation
debasement | changing to a lower state (a less respected state) |
flop
collapse | the act of throwing yourself down, he landed on the bed with a great flop |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| embankment | a long artificial mound of stone or earth, built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection |
escarpment
escarp
scarp
protective embankment | a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification |
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 |
| shear | a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it |
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 |
| elasticity of shear | the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force |
| hydrology | the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation |
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 |
| failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose, the surprise party was a complete failure |
| collapse | a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in, the roof is in danger of collapse, the collapse of the old star under its own gravity |
| gravitational collapse | the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity, the result is a smaller and denser celestial object |
| breakdown equipment failure | a cessation of normal operation, there was a power breakdown |
| brake failure | brakes fail to stop a vehicle |
| engine failure | engine does not run |
power outage
power failure | equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails, the ice storm caused a power outage |
| crash collapse | a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) |
| 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 |