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Definition bank in British English

bank noun

[countable] noun
/bæŋk/
1

a financial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from. The main banks used by ordinary people are called high-street banks

Example

Marge works for the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Example

a New York investment bank

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bad bank bank banker
1.1

an office of a bank

Example

I need to go to the bank this morning.

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bad bank bank banker
1.2

belonging to or connected with a bank

Example

a bank manager/loan/robbery

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a/c APR a run on something
2

a raised area of land along the side of a river

Example

A man was fishing on the opposite bank.

Example

The village lies on the east bank of the river Derwent.

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bank basin bay
2.1

a long area of land with sloping sides

Example

There was a steep bank looking onto the football ground.

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bank belt bridge
2.2

a long pile of earth, snow, or sand

Example

Great banks of snow and ice lined the roads.

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pile mound heap
2.3

a large mass of cloud or fog

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bank billow cirrocumulus
Example

an impressive data bank

Example

The library has a valuable bank of old documents.

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agglomeration arsenal assemblage
3.1

a store of something that is available for use when it is needed

Example

a blood/gene/sperm/organ bank

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agglomeration arsenal assemblage
Example

a bank of TV monitors

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agglomeration arsenal assemblage
5

there is no doubt about it

Example

If he makes a promise, you can take it to the bank.

6

when parents lend or give their grown-up children money to help them pay for things they need or want but can't afford

Example

The phrase: 'Bank of Mum and Dad', may have originally been coined as a joke but nowadays this monetary notion is much more of a reality.

Definition bank in British English

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