Definition of bank

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of bank is as below...

Bank (n.) A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court..

Lern More About Bank

Sea Bank :: Sea bank () The seashore.
Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..
Bar :: Bar (n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change..
Scarcement :: Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing..
Lead :: Lead (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment..
Down :: Down (prep.) A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.
Quinquereme :: Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme..
Digue :: Digue (n.) A bank; a dike.
Embankment :: Embankment (n.) The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
Polder :: Polder (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
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..
Dike :: Dike (v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
Imbankment :: Imbankment (n.) The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment..
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..
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..
Goldsmith :: Goldsmith (n.) A banker.
Suspender :: Suspend (v. i.) To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank)..
Run :: Run (n.) A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us