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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Incorporate :: Incorporate (a.) Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association..
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..
Banked :: Banked (imp. & p. p.) of Ban.
Baccarat :: Baccarat (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters..
Upland :: Upland (n.) High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like..
Whitewash :: Whitewash (v. t.) To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts..
Messenger :: Messenger (n.) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent..
Faro :: Faro (n.) A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack..
Bank :: Bank (v. i.) To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
Flat :: Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats..
Depositor :: Depositor (n.) One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..
Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
Berme :: Berme (n.) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank..
Bank :: Bank (n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
Embanking :: Embanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emban.
Bank :: Bank (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital..
Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.
Bank :: Bank (n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank..
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