bank

  • 41bank on — [v] depend upon assume, believe in, be sure about, bet on, build on, count on, gamble on, lean on, look to, reckon on, rely on, stake, trust, venture, wager; concept 12 …

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  • 42bank|si|a — «BANGK see uh», noun. any shrub or tree of a genus of widely growing Australian evergreens, having hard, dry leaves and yellow flowers in close cylindrical heads. ╂[< New Latin Banksia < Sir Joseph Banks, 1743 1820, a British botanist] …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 43bank — bank1 /bangk/, n. 1. a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. 2. a slope or acclivity. 3. Physical Geog. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. 4. a broad elevation of the sea… …

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  • 44Bank — For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). Banker and Bankers redirect here. For other uses, see Banker (disambiguation). Banking …

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  • 45bank — ▪ I. bank bank 1 noun [countable] 1. BANKING a business that makes its profit by paying interest to people who keep money there and charging a higher rate of interest to borrowers who borrow money from the bank. Different types of bank provide a… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 46bank — 1. A bank is an institution, usually incorporated, whose business it is to receive money on deposit, cash checks or drafts, discount commercial paper, make loans, and issue promissory notes payable to bearer, known as bank notes. U.C.C. No. 1… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 47bank — 1. A bank is an institution, usually incorporated, whose business it is to receive money on deposit, cash checks or drafts, discount commercial paper, make loans, and issue promissory notes payable to bearer, known as bank notes. U.C.C. No. 1… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 48Bank — 1. Auf der Bank liegt man sanfter, als auf einem Purpurbett. Engl.: Lowly sit richly warm. 2. Auf einer ungekehrten (ungewischten) Bank ist gut finden. – Eiselein, 53; Simrock, 717. Wenn eine Bank umfällt, so fallen auch die Sachen herunter; aber …

    Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • 49Bank — Sitzbank; Kreditanstalt; Geldhaus; Finanzinstitut; Geldinstitut; Sparkasse; Bankhaus; Kreditinstitut; Geschäftsbank * * * 1Bank [baŋk], die; , Bänke [ bɛŋkə] …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 50Bank — Etwas auf die lange Bank schieben: eine Entscheidung aufschieben, die Ausführung verzögern.{{ppd}}    Die Redensart stammt aus der Welt des Rechts, doch ist bislang nicht eindeutig geklärt, welche Funktion die Bank dabei hatte. Es ist nicht… …

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