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noun (plural banks) |
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1. business offering financial services: a business that keeps money for individual people or companies, exchanges currencies, makes loans, and offers other financial services
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2. bank's local office: a local office of a bank
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3. fund of money or tokens: the fund of money, tokens, chips, or other pieces that players can draw out in some gambling games, or the player who holds the fund
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4. something stored: a supply of something stored, ready for immediate use, e.g. data, food, or blood
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verb (past and past participle banked, present participle bank·ing, 3rd person present singular banks) |
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1. transitive verb deposit money in bank: to pay money into a bank
  banked the check immediately
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2. intransitive verb have account with financial institution: to have an account with or use a particular bank
always banks locally
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| [15th century. Directly or via French banque< Italian banca "bank, bench, table" < Germanic] |
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break the bank
1. gamblingto win more money than is available
2. to leave somebody very short of or without money (informal)
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