bank

CEFRA1

/ˈbæŋk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A business that keeps money safe and lends it to people.

  2. 02

    noun

    The land beside a river or other body of water.

Examples

  • I don't have much money in the bank at the end of the month.

  • You can get a loan from a bank.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈbeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [ˈbɛ̃ŋk]
  • /ˈbaŋk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A branch office of such an institution.

  2. An underwriter or controller of a card game.

  3. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.

More examples

In context

  • You can bank on that.

  • If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank.

  • blood bank; data bank; sperm bank

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Middle French banqueder. English bank Inherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of bench, banc, and banco. For the bench-bank relation, compare typologically Russian ла́вка (lávka), прила́вок (prilávok).