bank
noun
- sloping edge of a watercourse
noun
- array of similar items grouped together in tiers
verb
- build up or store assets
- be reliable
- protect/prepare to sustain (eg. a fire)
- rely, depend, bet, take for granted
- turn like an airplane
noun
- financial institution
- dry ground next to a river
- shallow ocean area
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋk/ / [ˈbæŋk] / /ˈbaŋk/
name
Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch and German Bank (“bench”), a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked with a bench or counter, like a money changer. * Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Bank, a topographic surname from bank (“sandbank”) or, alternatively, a nickname for a loud an noisy person, from bank (“noise”).
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Probably from French banc. Of Germanic origin, and akin to English bench.
- A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
“Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojans sweep / Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep.”
- A bench or seat for judges in court.
- 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
- A kind of table used by printers.
- A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English bank, banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), from Frankish *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old English benċ (“bench”).
- To arrange or order in a row.