Definition for: bank

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English

Etymology

Early modern English banke, from French banque, an adaptation of Italian banca feminine, used side by side, and in same sense, with banco masculine; adaptation of Teutonic bank, banc, bench. The double form and gender in Romanic, cf. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese banco, banca, Provencal banc, banca, French banc, banche, are apparently original (see medieval Latin bancus, banca, in Du Cange), and due to the double gender of the German: Old High German der, diu banch, Middle High German der, die banc, early modern and dialect German der, die bank . The original meaning "shelf, bench" was extended in Italian to that of "tradesman's stall, counter, money-changer's table, mensa argentaria, τράπεζα, whence "money-shop, bank," a use of the word which passed, with the trade of banking, from Italy into other countries. In this sense, Italian uses both banco and banca, Spanish and Portuguese the masculine banco; but in French the Italian feminine banca was adapted as banque, whence English banke, bank . The word is thus ultimately identical with bench and bank . *

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æŋk

Noun

bank ( plural banks )

1. an institution that has many branch offices where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
2. a branch office of such an institution
3. a safe and guaranteed place of storage for important items or goods to be used by the general public

   blood bank

   sperm bank

4. a row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

   a bank of switches

5. ( nautical ) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea
6. an embankment, an earth slope
7. a row of keys on an musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard
8. ( nautical ) The side of a river channel, especially that part that usually rises above the water level.
9. ( nautical ) A shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).

Derived terms

Related terms

• bankrupt

Translations

institution

branch office of such an institution

storage for important goods

row or panel of items

edge of river or lake

an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank

a raised accumulation of material

elevation, or rising ground, under the sea

embankment, an earth slope

row of keys on a musical or typewriter keyboard

Intransitive verb

to bank ( third-person singular simple present banks , present participle banking , simple past banked , past participle banked )

1. ( of aircraft ) to roll laterally in order to turn.
2. to deal with a bank or financial instsitution

   He banked with Barclays.

Transitive verb

to bank ( third-person singular simple present banks , present participle banking , simple past banked , past participle banked )

1. to put into a bank

   I'm going to bank the money

2. to cause (an aircraft) to bank.
3. to cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

Derived terms

• bank on

Danish

Noun

1. bank (financial institution )
2. sum of bets (e.g. in a casino)
3. a beating

Derived terms

• over en bank
• bankanvisning
• bankier
• bankør

Dutch

Noun

bank m . , f . ( plural banken , diminutive bankje )

1. bank (financial institution )
2. couch, sofa, bench

Derived terms

• door de bank genomen
• spermabank

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA: /bank/

Noun

bank m . (plural banki , instrumental singular bankiem )

1. bank

Swedish

Noun

bank c . ( plural banker definite singular banken , definite plural bankerna )

1. bank ( financial institution, branch of such an institution )
2. bank ( place of storage )
3. bank ( of a river of lake )
4. sandbank

Derived terms

• blodbank
• spermabank
• strandbank

Volapük

Noun

bank

1. bank ( financial institution )

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      * Although, in Italian, monte "mount, heap, amount, stock," was used in some of the senses of "bank," the notion that the name banco, banca, originated in a German rendering of monte is erroneous: German bank had no such sense as "mount, heap," only that of "bench, shelf." Rather is it the fact, that in the development of banking, the banco of the money-changer, and the monte or "joint-stock capital" were at length combined, and bank applied in English to both.

Other Translations for "bank"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		bank
Hex		e2 e1 ee eb
Pig Latin		ankbay

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