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Noun An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs. A branch office of such an institution. An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital. (gambling) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses. (slang, uncountable) money; profit In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods. A device used to store coins or currency. Verb (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution. (transitive) To put into a bank. Noun (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse. (nautical, hydrology) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank). (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment. (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn. (rail transport) An incline, a hill. A mass noun for a quantity of clouds. (mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working. (mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. (mining) The ground at the top of a shaft. Verb (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn. (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank. (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up. (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat. (transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. (transitive, obsolete) To pass by the banks of. Noun A row or panel of items stored or grouped together. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard. Verb (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row. Noun A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars. A bench or seat for judges in court. 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. (archaic, printing) A kind of table used by printers. (music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. (uncountable) slang for money Find more words! 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