Definition of bank

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Bank (n.) 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..

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Terrace :: Terrace (v.) A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses..
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
Frett :: Frett (n.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4..
Bank :: Bank (n.) 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..
Teller :: Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks..
Bank Note :: Bank note () A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium..
Goldsmith :: Goldsmith (n.) A banker.
Account :: Account (n.) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank..
Banking :: Banking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ban.
Bank Book :: Bank book () A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank..
Clearing :: Clearing (n.) A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts..
Scrip :: Scrip (n.) A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (v. t.) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.
Mountebankish :: Mountebankish (a.) Like a mountebank or his quackery.
Shroff :: Shroff (n.) A banker, or changer of money..
Fascine :: Fascine (n.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc..
Earthbank :: Earthbank (n.) A bank or mound of earth.
Bankruptcies :: Bankruptcies (pl. ) of Bankruptc.
Cessionary :: Cessionary (a.) Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt..
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