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I 1. [bæŋk] noun1) (a mound or ridge (of earth etc): The child climbed the bank to pick flowers.) bakki; brekka2) (the ground at the edge of a river, lake etc: The river overflowed its banks.) árbakki, vatnsbakki3) (a raised area of sand under the sea: a sand-bank.) grynning2. verb1) ((often with up) to form into a bank or banks: The earth was banked up against the wall of the house.) hrúga upp2) (to tilt (an aircraft etc) while turning: The plane banked steeply.) halla(st) í beygjuII 1. [bæŋk] noun1) (a place where money is lent or exchanged, or put for safety and/or to acquire interest: He has plenty of money in the bank; I must go to the bank today.) banki2) (a place for storing other valuable material: A blood bank.) birgðasafn/geymsla; blóðbanki2. verb(to put into a bank: He banks his wages every week.) setja í banka- banker- bank book
- banker's card
- bank holiday
- bank-note
- bank on III [bæŋk] noun(a collection of rows (of instruments etc): The modern pilot has banks of instruments.) röð, samstæða
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Bank — Bank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banked}(b[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banking}.] 1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. Banked well with earth. Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. To heap or pile up; as, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bank — bank1 /bangk/, n. 1. a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. 2. a slope or acclivity. 3. Physical Geog. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. 4. a broad elevation of the sea… … Universalium
bank — bank1 [ bæŋk ] noun count *** 1. ) a financial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from: Marge works at Bank of America. a New York investment bank a ) an office of a bank: I need to go to the bank this… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bank — I UK [bæŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms bank : singular bank plural banks *** 1) a financial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from. The main banks used by ordinary people are called high street… … English dictionary
bank barn — noun Etymology: bank (I) : a two story barn, typical of northern and central parts of No. America, built into a slope of earth that provides an outside entrance into the second story on one side, the lower story being enterable from the other… … Useful english dictionary
bank barn — Chiefly Midland U.S. and Canadian (chiefly Ontario). a barn built into the side of a hill or with earth banked around it, often a two story barn thus having a ground level entrance for each story. [1890 95, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
Earth Hour — is an annual international event created by WWF (The World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non essential lights and electrical appliances for one … Wikipedia
Bank filtration — is a type of filtration that works by passing water to be purified for use as drinking water through the banks of a river or lake. It is then drawn off by extraction wells some distance away from the water body. The process may directly yield… … Wikipedia
bank — 1. A bank is an institution, usually incorporated, whose business it is to receive money on deposit, cash checks or drafts, discount commercial paper, make loans, and issue promissory notes payable to bearer, known as bank notes. U.C.C. No. 1… … Black's law dictionary
bank — 1. A bank is an institution, usually incorporated, whose business it is to receive money on deposit, cash checks or drafts, discount commercial paper, make loans, and issue promissory notes payable to bearer, known as bank notes. U.C.C. No. 1… … Black's law dictionary
earth — noun 1 the world ADJECTIVE ▪ the entire, the whole VERB + EARTH ▪ circle, orbit ▪ satellites orbiting the earth ▪ … Collocations dictionary