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Noun: Banks bangks- English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
- Sir Joseph Banks Noun: bank bangk- Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
"they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents" - A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
"he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home" - depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company - A long ridge or pile
"a huge bank of earth" - An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
"he operated a bank of switches" - A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
"he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" - 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
- cant, camber - A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
"the coin bank was empty" - savings bank, coin bank, money box - A building in which the business of banking transacted
"the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" - bank building - A flight manoeuvre; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
"the plane went into a steep bank" Verb: bank bangk- Tip laterally
"the pilot had to bank the aircraft" - Enclose with a bank
"bank roads" - Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
"Where do you bank in this town?" - Act as the banker in a game or in gambling
- Be in the banking business
- Put into a bank account
- deposit - Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
"bank a fire" - Have confidence or faith in
"bank on your good education" - trust, swear, rely
See also: bankable, banker, banking Type of: act, aeroplane manoeuvre [Brit], airplane maneuver [US], airplane manoeuvre [Cdn], array, backlog, believe, botanist, cash in hand, close in, container, cover, deposit, depositary, depository, do work, enclose, finances, financial institution, financial organisation [Brit], financial organization, flight maneuver [US], flight manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], funds, give, incline, inclose, monetary resource, pecuniary resource, phytologist, plant scientist, repository, reserve, ridge, shut in, side, slope, stockpile, tip, transact, work Part of: banking industry, banking system Encyclopedia: Banks, Australian Capital Territory Banks, Arkansas Banks, Canberra Banks, Ernie Banks, Cumbria Banks, AL Banks Banks, AR Banks, Alabama Banks, Al Banks, Oregon Banks, Or Banks, Sir Joseph Banks, kisses and combinations Banks, Tony Banks, Ontario Banks, Iain Banks, George Banks, Lancashire Banks, OR Banks, Mississippi Bank |