bank
/ˈbæŋk/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.16 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
Countable
noun
A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
Countable
noun
The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”."
- "Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money."
- "Military dude was working for a drug dealer, right? and making good bank with it—he was making good money."
- "blood bank; data bank; sperm bank"
- "If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank."
- "All of the drum kits are on bank 1."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian bancabor. Middle French banqueder. English bank Inherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of bench, banc, and banco. For the bench-bank relation, compare typologically Russian ла́вка (lávka), прила́вок (prilávok).
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbæŋk/
- British English: /ˈbæŋk/
Usage
Subject
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