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A bank is a place where people keep their money safely. You can open an account and deposit your money. Banks also let you take out money when you need it and use cards to spend money. They help you save and manage your finances.

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"bank" as noun

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

2 - A branch office of such an institution.

3 - An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque.

"bank" as verb

1 - To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

2 - To put into a bank.

3 - To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

"bank" as noun

1 - An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

2 - 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).

3 - A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

"bank" as verb

1 - To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

2 - To cause (an aircraft) to bank.

3 - To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.

"bank" as noun

1 - A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

2 - A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.

3 - A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.

"bank" as verb

1 - (order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.

"bank" as noun

1 - A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

2 - A bench or seat for judges in court.

3 - 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.

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Synonyms
1 - stock
2 - ledger
3 - quay
4 - front
5 - corner
6 - shore
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Antonyms
1 - money
2 - vault
3 - alter
4 - alter
5 - ledger
6 - drawer
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Examples in Context

1 - The bank guarantees payment based on the bill of exchange presented.

1 - El banco garantiza el pago basándose en la letra de cambio presentada.

2 - At the retail bank , I was offered various investment options.

2 - En el banco de consumo, me ofrecieron varias opciones de inversión.

3 - The bank required a full disclosure of their client's assets.

3 - El banco exigió una declaración completa de los bienes de su cliente.

4 - The bank collapse produced a knock-on effect on small local businesses.

4 - El colapso del banco produjo un efecto dominó en los pequeños negocios locales.

5 - Every account holder is entitled to a monthly statement from the bank .

5 - Todo titular de cuenta tiene derecho a recibir un extracto mensual del banco .

6 - I visited the bank branch to open a new savings account yesterday.

6 - Ayer visité la oficina del banco para abrir una nueva cuenta de ahorros.

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