Definition of bank

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Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank..

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Sea Wall :: Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea..
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock..
Riparian :: Riparian (a.) Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights..
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..
Dike :: Dike (v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
Sea Bank :: Sea bank () A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
Bank Bill :: Bank bill () In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note..
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..
Punter :: Punter (v. t.) One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro..
Bankruptcy :: Bankruptcy (n.) The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.
Crevasse :: Crevasse (n.) A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (v. i.) To play the mountebank.
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency..
Discountable :: Discountable (a.) Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank..
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..
Stockinet :: Stockholder (n.) One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company..
Inclose :: Inclose (v. t.) To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note..
Bank-sided :: Bank-sided (a.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided..
Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand..
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