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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Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
Water Wing :: Water wing () One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current..
Run :: Run (n.) A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes..
Sea Breach :: Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
Teller :: Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks..
Cambist :: Cambist (n.) A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange..
Bourse :: Bourse (n.) An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris..
Swash :: Swash (n.) A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes..
Bank Note :: Bank note () A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand..
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..
Discountable :: Discountable (a.) Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank..
Remblai :: Remblai (n.) Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.
Crevasse :: Crevasse (n.) A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi..
Bank :: Bank (v. i.) To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
Lombar-house :: Lombar-house (n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
Bankable :: Bankable (a.) Receivable at a bank.
Cod :: Cod (n.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities..
Bank :: Bank (n.) 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..
Inconvertible :: Inconvertible (a.) Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie..
Earthbank :: Earthbank (n.) A bank or mound of earth.
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