- 1[transitive] bank something to put money into a bank account She is believed to have banked (= been paid) $10 million in two years.
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- 2[intransitive] bank (with/at…) to have an account with a particular bank The family has banked with First National for generations.
- 3[intransitive] to travel with one side higher than the other when turning The plane banked steeply to the left. form piles
- 4[transitive] bank something (up) to form something into piles They banked the earth (up) into a mound. a fire
- 5[transitive] bank something (up) to pile coal, etc. on a fire so that the fire burns slowly for a long time The fire was banked up to last throughout the night. Phrasal Verbsbank onbank up
bank
verbNAmE//bæŋk//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bank he / she / it banks
past simple banked
-ing form banking
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