bank
- Top 1000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A company, or the building it works in, that keeps people's money safe and lends money to them.
I need to go to the bank before it closes at five.
Most banks charge a fee for sending money abroad.
The bank refused to lend us anything for the repairs.
There is a queue of six people inside the bank.
Common collocations: go to the bank · open an account at a bank · the bank lends money · bank manager · local bank
Part of: Bank and money, Buildings and places, Public offices
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
The ground beside a river or lake, higher than the water and often covered in grass.
Willows lean over the steep banks of the little stream.
After the storm the river rose and flooded both banks.
He climbed the muddy bank by pulling on thick roots.
Anglers sit on the far bank from early morning until dusk.
Common collocations: the bank of the river · river bank · steep bank · grassy bank · on the opposite bank
Part of: Landscape, Directions
Sense 3 · less common
- verb
- A2
To put your money into a bank, or to have your account at a certain bank.
She banks the takings every Friday on her way home.
They banked the money instead of spending it on holidays.
Which bank do you bank with these days?
He banked the cheque the same afternoon it arrived.
Common collocations: bank the money · bank a cheque · bank with someone · bank the profits
Part of: Bank and money
Forms
- past
- banked
- plural
- banks
- third_person
- banks
- past_participle
- banked