bank
银行,岸,银行的,岸上
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Definitions
- 1
- : a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds.
- : a slope or acclivity.
- : Physical Geography. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs.
- : a broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation.
- : Coal Mining. the surface around the mouth of a shaft.
- : Also called cant, superelevation. the inclination of the bed of a banked road or railroad.
- : Aeronautics. the lateral inclination of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- : Billiards, Pool. the cushion of the table.
- 1
- : to border with or like a bank; embank: banking the river with sandbags at flood stage.
Phrases
- bank on
- break the bank
- laugh all the way to the bank
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Because they could not obtain bank financing, the company’s founders believed their only option was borrowing from hard-money lenders at exorbitant rates.
The Fed prefers a little inflation because that gives the central bank more room to cut or raise short-term interest rates.
The actual total is probably higher because many banks eliminate staff without disclosing their plans.
Fraser, of course, will become the first woman chief executive of a big Wall Street bank in February.
Russak-Aminoach’s decision to join Team8 is a stark departure from her prior role leading a legacy bank that dates back to 1902.
One that they cannot cash in at the bank to pay for their flats.
A tugboat improbably sits high on the bank, obscured by tall grass, a broken oil rig hangs over the water nearby.
But just up the steep river bank and through the brush is an opening.
He was surprised that the central bank did not understand that.
At this point in his life, Denton has enough filthy lucre in his bank account to affect a certain lack of interest in the stuff.
In sorting notes it is necessary to be able readily to distinguish between notes of this bank and notes of other reserve banks.
Thus far Boston banks have received more benefits from this than have the other banks in this district.