bank
Signification
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- An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- A branch office of such an institution.
- An underwriter or controller of a card game.
- A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
- (slang) Money; profit.
- In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
- A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
- A device used to store coins or currency.
- a natural elevation of mud and other material under sea, rising for instance from a continental shelf
- a mound or mass of cloud or fog
- A group or collection of telephones.
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/bæŋk/
Étymologie
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.
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