bank
verb/bæŋk/
/bæŋk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bank | /bæŋk/ /bæŋk/ |
| he / she / it banks | /bæŋks/ /bæŋks/ |
| past simple banked | /bæŋkt/ /bæŋkt/ |
| past participle banked | /bæŋkt/ /bæŋkt/ |
| -ing form banking | /ˈbæŋkɪŋ/ /ˈbæŋkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] bank something to put money into a bank account
- She is believed to have banked (= been paid) £10 million in two years.
- The company is expected to bank more than £100 000 in ticket sales.
- [intransitive] bank (with/at…) to have an account with a particular bank
- The family had banked with Coutts for generations.
- [intransitive] to travel with one side higher than the other when turning
- The plane banked steeply to the left.
- The pilot banked the plane to give passengers a better look at the mountain.
- [transitive] bank something (up) to form something into piles
- They banked the earth (up) into a mound.
- [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 as high as if it were midwinter.
money
of plane
form piles
a fire
Word Originverb senses 3 to 5 Middle English: from Old Norse bakki, of Germanic origin; related to bench. The senses of is ‘set of things in rows’ from French banc, of the same ultimate origin. verb senses 1 to 2 late 15th cent. (originally denoting a money dealer's table): from French banque or Italian banca, from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin; related to other senses of bank and bench.
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