English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Bank
(n.)
A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a
ravine.
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.
In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank,
payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills
are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of
the currency.
A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank
enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.
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.
A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company,
payable to bearer on demand.
A promissory note payable at a bank.
See under 1st Bank, n.
Bank-sided
(a.)
Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed
to wall-sided.
Bankable
(a.)
Receivable at a bank.
Banked
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bank
Banker
(n.)
The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.
Banker
(n.)
One who conducts the business of banking; one who,
individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for
the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of
exchange, etc.
Banker
(n.)
A money changer.
Banker
(n.)
The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
Banker
(n.)
A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of
Newfoundland.
Banker
(n.)
A ditcher; a drain digger.
Bankeress
(n.)
A female banker.
Banking
(n.)
The business of a bank or of a banker.
Banking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bank