" bank "

[Noun]  | "bank" | \ ˈbaŋk \

1: a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as

2: a piled-up mass of cloud or fog

3: an undersea elevation rising especially from the continental shelf

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse bakki bank; akin to Old English benc bench {mat|bench|};

[Noun]  | "bank" 

1: an establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds

2: the table, counter, or place of business of a money changer

3: a person conducting a gambling house or game; specifically : dealer

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English, from Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca, literally, bench, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc;

[Noun]  | "bank" 

1: a group or series of objects arranged together in a row or a tier : such as

2: a set of elevators

3: a row or tier of telephones

Origin: 1771 ;

 Middle English banc bench, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc;

[Noun]  | "bank card" 

1: a card (such as a credit card or an ATM card) issued by a bank

Origin: 1947 ;

[Noun]  | "bank discount" 

1: the interest discounted in advance on a note and computed on the face value of the note

Origin: 1803 ;

[Noun]  | "bank holiday" 

1: legal holiday

2: a period when banks in general are closed often by government fiat

Origin: 1778 ;

[Noun]  | "bank machine" 

1: a computerized electronic machine that performs basic banking functions : atm

Origin: 1968 ;

[Noun]  | "bank money" 

1: a medium of exchange consisting chiefly of checks and drafts

Origin: circa 1610 ;

[Verb]  | "bank" 

1: to build a raised border of earth around : to raise a bank about

2: to restrict the flow of air to (a fire) especially by piling ash around or over the burning embers

3: to build (a curve) with the roadbed or track inclined laterally upward from the inside edge

Origin: 15th century ;

 See: ;

[Verb]  | "bank" 

1: to manage a bank

2: to deposit money or have an account in a bank

3: to deposit or store in a bank

Origin: 1738 ;

 See: ;

[Noun]  | "bank" 

[Noun]  | "bank" 

[Verb]  | "bank" 

[Verb]  | "bank (on or upon)" 

[Phrase]  | "bank on"