Synonym: barrier, row, series, shore, slope, storage, string, treasury. Similar words: banker, bank on, banking, bankrupt, bankruptcy, investment banker, ban, band. Meaning: [bæŋk] n. 1. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities 2. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) 3. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) 4. a building in which the business of banking transacted 5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers 6. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home 7. a long ridge or pile 8. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games 9. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force 10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning). v. 1. tip laterally 2. enclose with a bank 3. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank 4. act as the banker in a game or in gambling 5. be in the banking business 6. put into a bank account 7. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning 8. have confidence or faith in.
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211. The rhino broke away and ran not at us, but along the rocky bank beside us.
212. It was a bank that started out with grand ideas and lofty ideals.
213. The bank is the product of a 1971 merger of two Japanese banks.
214. Bank of England officials continued to insist that the pound would soon return to stability but disaster struck.
215. The bank yesterday revealed a 30 per cent nosedive in profits.
216. The bank will bring pressure to bear on you if you don't pay.
217. Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket.
218. Herbert would surely advise her how to approach the bank.
219. The bank first learned of the problem when it carried out an internal audit.
220. He eventually sold the shares back to the bank at a premium.
221. The bank has agreed to give an immediate refund in the unlikely event of an error being made.
222. He handed in his notice at the bank and ruined his promising career.
223. Each bank has granted the other an option on 19.9% of its shares.
224. Changing money on the street is illegal —always use a bank.
225. Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.
226. A string of five rowing boats set out from the opposite bank.
227. Mexico and the Philippines have both concluded agreements with their commercial bank creditors.
228. Bank robberies[sentence dictionary], burglaries and muggings are reported almost daily in the press.
229. The bank foreclosed on the mortgage for his previous home.
230. The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts.
231. The typical laborer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
232. We beached the canoe, running it right up the bank.
233. The Central Bank is authorized to sell government bonds on the open market.
234. At this point, the accountant did a runner — with all my bank statements, expenses and receipts.
235. The main investor in the project is the French bank Credit National.
236. When Barclays Bank contracted out its cleaning, the new company was cheaper.
237. There is a fear that the freeze on bank accounts could prove a lasting deterrent to investors.