bank
2 (băngk)
[Middle English banke, from French banque, from Old Italian banca, bench, moneychanger's table, from Old High German banc.]
noun
- A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged.
- The offices or building in which such an establishment is located.
- Games
- The funds of a gambling establishment.
- The funds held by a dealer or banker in some gambling games.
- The reserve pieces, cards, chips, or play money in some games, such as poker, from which the players may draw.
- A supply or stock for future or emergency use: a grain bank.
- Medicine A supply of human tissues or other materials, such as blood, skin, or sperm, held in reserve for future use.
- A place of safekeeping or storage: a computer's memory bank.
- Obsolete A moneychanger's table or place of business.
verb: banked, bank·ing, banks.
transitive verb
- To deposit in or as if in a bank.
intransitive verb
- To transact business with a bank or maintain a bank account.
- To operate a bank.
phrasal verbs
- bank on
- To have confidence in; rely on.
