bank
To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide…To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
» How late is the bank open?
Wie lange hat die Bank geöffnet? — Kuraimegami
До скольких открыт банк? — odexed
До скольки банк работает? — marafon
До которого часа банк работает? — marafon
О котрій годині відкривається банк? — deniko
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14 senses(intransitive)To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
He banked with Barclays.
(transitive)To put into a bank (financial institution).
I’m going to bank the money.
класть в банкklastʹ v bank
put into a bank account
(transitive)To store in a bank (storage).
enclose with a bank
(slang, transitive)To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
Johnny banked some coke for me.
(transitive)To provide banking services to.
They proposed an ambitious plan to bank people in remote rural communities.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bank.
be in the banking business
(intransitive)To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
накреня́тьсяnakrenjátʹsja
tip laterally
(transitive)To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
(transitive)To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
to bank sand
(intransitive)To form a bank; to gather in masses.
(transitive)To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
(transitive)To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
(UK)To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
Examples
1555 sentencesHow late is the bank open?
О котрій годині відкривається банк? — deniko
ruДо скольких открыт банк? — odexed
deWie lange hat die Bank geöffnet? — Kuraimegami
You can easily find the bank.
Банк можна легко знайти. — deniko
ruБанк очень легко найти. — Biga
deDie Bank kannst du leicht finden. — dima555
Is the bank far from here?
Банк звідси далеко? — deniko
ruБанк далеко отсюда? — Tonari
deIst die Bank weit von hier? — Manfredo
Is there a bank near here?
Тут є банк десь недалеко? — aandrusiak
ruЗдесь поблизости есть банк? — Balamax
deGibt es eine Bank hier in der Nähe? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My brother works in a bank.
Мій брат працює в банку. — deniko
ruМой брат работает в банке. — marafon
deMein Bruder arbeitet in einer Bank. — MUIRIEL
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“countInherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of bench, banc, and banco.
From Middle English bank, banke, from Old English *banca (“bench”) (attested in Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *bankō, from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”), Norwegian bakke (“slope, hill”).
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Forms
banks, banking, banked, bankedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- in the bank
- to the bank
- bank account
- rob a bank
- from the bank
- a bank clerk
- robbed the bank
- at the bank
- in a bank
- a bank account
- of the bank
- the bank robbers