Definition of bank

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Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..

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Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ..
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
Mountebankism :: Mountebankism (n.) The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
Goldsmith :: Goldsmith (n.) A banker.
Moneyer :: Moneyer (n.) A person who deals in money; banker or broker.
Topsoiling :: Topsoiling (n.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.
Bluff :: Bluff (n.) A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face..
Lead :: Lead (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment..
Assignment :: Assignment (n.) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors..
Return :: Return (n.) A day in bank. See Return day, below..
Wharf :: Wharf (n.) The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea..
Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) An embankment or construction made of earth.
Bankrupted :: Bankrupted (imp. & p. p.) of Bankrup.
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman..
Bank Note :: Bank note () Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2..
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (a.) Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant..
Mountebankish :: Mountebankish (a.) Like a mountebank or his quackery.
Ripe :: Ripe (n.) The bank of a river.
Saltimbanco :: Saltimbanco (n.) A mountebank; a quack.
Credit Mobilier :: Credit mobilier () A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the credit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed..
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