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Meaning:
Noun:
- A branch office of such an institution
- An edge of a river or lake
- An edge of river or other watercourse.
- An embankment
- An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- An underwriter or controller of a card game, also ''banque''.
- A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
- A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
- A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
- A slope of earth etc.; an embankment
- aviation The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- nautical An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
- rail transport an incline, a hill
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Verb:
- transitive To cause (an aircraft) to '''bank'''.
- aviation To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- intransitive To deal with a bank or financial institution.
- order and arrangement To arrange or order in a row.
- transitive To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
- transitive To form into a '''bank''' or heap, to bank up.
- transitive To put into a '''bank'''.
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