Word Definition

Bank

  1. A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
  2. The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc.
  3. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
  4. The face of the coal at which miners are working.
  5. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
  6. The building or office used for banking purposes.
  7. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
  8. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
  9. The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.
  10. A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
  11. To deposit in a bank.
  12. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
  13. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
  14. The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
  15. The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc.
  16. The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc.
  17. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
  18. The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.
  19. A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
  20. A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
  21. A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
  22. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
  23. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
  24. The face of the coal at which miners are working.
  25. A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
  26. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
  27. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
  28. The building or office used for banking purposes.
  29. The building or office used for banking purposes.
  30. To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
  31. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
  32. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
  33. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
  34. The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.
  35. A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
  36. A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
  37. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
  38. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
  39. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
  40. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
  41. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
  42. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
  43. To deposit in a bank.
  44. To deposit in a bank.
  45. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
  46. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
  47. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
  48. To pass by the banks of.
  49. To pass by the banks of.
  50. To pass by the banks of.
  51. A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
  52. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
  53. A sort of table used by printers.
  54. A sort of table used by printers.
  55. The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
  56. The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
  57. The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
  58. To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
  59. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
  60. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
  61. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
  62. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
  63. The face of the coal at which miners are working.
  64. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
  65. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
  66. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
  67. A sort of table used by printers.
  68. The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
  69. The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
  70. To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
  71. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
  72. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.