bin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a container; usually has a lid
  2. noun the quantity contained in a bin
    binful.
  3. noun an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
    ABA transit number; bank identification number.
  4. verb store in bins

WordNet

Bin noun
Etymology
OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage ( a Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.
Definitions
  1. A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.
Bin transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Binned present participle & verbal noun Binning
Definitions
  1. To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
Bin
Definitions
  1. An old form of Be and Been. Obs.
Bin*
Definitions
  1. A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.

Webster 1913