bank : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests
  agent bank.
  
• noun a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank
  

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• noun a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals
  
  • he moved his bank account to a new bank

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• (Zoöl.), the otter. Local, U.S.

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• noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
  bank bill; banknote; bill; banker's bill; note; Federal Reserve note; government note; greenback.
  
  • he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes

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Bank" bill`

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1. In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.
2. In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.

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Bank" book`

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1. A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.

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• noun a building in which the business of banking transacted
  bank.
  
  • the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon

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• noun a credit card issued by a bank
  

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• noun a charter authorizing the operation of a bank
  

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• noun a written order directing a bank to pay money
  cheque; check.
  
  • he paid all his bills by check

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• noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
  cashier; teller.
  

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• noun act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure
  

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• noun a commissioner appointed to supervise banks; a state superintendent of banks
  

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• a credit by which a person who has give the required security to a bank has liberty to draw to certain extent agreed upon.

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• noun money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
  deposit.
  

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• noun interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
  discount; discount rate.
  

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• noun a draft drawn by a bank against funds deposited in another bank
  banker's draft.
  

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• noun an examination of the affairs and records of a bank by a state or federal bank examiner
  

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• noun an examiner appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction
  

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• noun the inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations
  

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• noun gravel as found in natural deposits
  pit run; pit-run gravel.
  

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• noun a security guard at a bank
  

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• noun a holding company owning or controlling one or more banks
  

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• noun any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain
  

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• 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
  BIN; ABA transit number.
  

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• noun the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
  credit line; line; personal credit line; personal line of credit; line of credit.
  

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• noun a loan made by a bank; to be repaid with interest on or before a fixed date
  

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• noun manager of a branch office of a bank
  

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• noun swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
  sand martin; Riparia riparia; bank martin.
  

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• noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
  bank bill; banknote; bill; banker's bill; note; Federal Reserve note; government note; greenback.
  
  • he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes

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Bank" note`

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1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand. ✍ In the United States popularly called a bank bill.
2. Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2. Obs.
3. A promissory note payable at a bank.

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• a bank which receives money for safe keeping.

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• noun the central bank of England and Wales
  

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• a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer.

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• noun the central bank of Japan
  

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• noun the discount rate fixed by a central bank
  

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• noun a robber of banks
  

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• noun the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail
  

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• noun a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop
  

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• noun a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client
  
  • I wish my bank statement arrived earlier in the month

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• noun swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
  sand martin; Riparia riparia; bank martin.
  

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• a small American and European swallow (Clivicola riparia) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.

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• noun a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
  vault.
  

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• noun the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank
  

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• noun the responsibility of a bank to act in the best interests of the depositors
  

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Bank"-sid`ed adjective

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1. (Naut.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided.

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• noun a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
  depository financial institution; bank; banking company.
  
  • he cashed a check at the bank
  • that bank holds the mortgage on my home

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• noun a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
  depository financial institution; bank; banking company.
  
  • he cashed a check at the bank
  • that bank holds the mortgage on my home

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• noun any gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer
  

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• noun banks collectively
  banking industry.
  

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• noun banks collectively
  banking industry.
  

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• noun a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma
  
  • the Red Cross created a blood bank for emergencies

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• noun a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling
  

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• noun a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government
  

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• noun a layer of clouds seen from a distance
  

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• noun a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
  coin bank; money box; bank.
  
  • the coin bank was empty

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• noun a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public
  commercial bank.
  

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• The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius.

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• (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. Burrill.

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Dou"ble-bank" transitive verb

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1. (Naut.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

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Dou"ble-banked` adjective

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1. Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.

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• noun the central bank of those members of the European Union who share a common currency
  
  • The European Central Bank is Europe's equivalent of the Federal Reserve

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• noun a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects
  

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• the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played.

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• noun the central credit system for thrift institutions
  

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• noun one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region
  Federal Reserve Bank.
  

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• noun a federally chartered savings bank
  FSB.
  

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• a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land.

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• noun a place where food is contributed and made available to those in need
  
  • they set up a food bank for the flood victims

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• (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.

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• noun a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public
  commercial bank.
  

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• noun banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer)
  

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• noun one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region
  

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• in full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings in banc (distinguished from sittings at nisi prius).

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• noun a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers
  industrial loan company.
  

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• noun a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; IBRD.
  

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• noun United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)
  J. B. Rhine; Rhine.
  

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• noun a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests
  agent bank.
  

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• noun the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life
  Latin Quarter.
  

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• that which is on the left hand of a person whose face is turned downstream.

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• noun a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System
  

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• noun a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee
  acquirer.
  

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• noun a state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees
  MSB.
  

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• noun a commercial bank chartered by the federal government
  

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• the official common name of a class of banking corporations established under the laws of the United States.

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• noun a workplace where oysters are bred and grown
  oyster park; oyster bed.
  

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• noun a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)
  penny bank.
  

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• noun a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)
  penny bank.
  

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• noun one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region
  Federal Reserve Bank.
  

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• noun the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine
  

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• noun solitaire with two players using separate packs
  crapette.
  

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• noun a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks
  
• noun a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
  coin bank; money box; bank.
  
  • the coin bank was empty

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• a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.

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• noun a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary
  Totten trust; savings account trust; trustee account; trust account.
  

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Sea" bank`

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1. The seashore. Shak.
2. A bank or mole to defend against the sea.

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• noun English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
  Banks.
  

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• noun a mound or heap of snow
  snowbank.
  

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• noun land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land
  

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• noun a depository for storing sperm
  

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• a bank formed by the earth taken from an excavation, as of a canal.

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• noun a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government
  

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• a row of new-mown grass. Prov. Eng.

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• to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive.

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• to set two men to pulling one oar.

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• noun a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical
  

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• a bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land. Craig.

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• noun an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians
  

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• noun a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; IBRD.
  

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