to bank
- verb
- /bæŋk/
- Jargon
- Former champion Robbie Lawler banked $94,940 despite falling to Lorenz Larkin.
Examples
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She was supposed to bank it on Friday for her boss and she didn't.
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You know, if you bank it as a hole in one, bank it, bank it off the back wall.
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You can cash out, bank the profit, and look for the next opportunity to come along.
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You find some rich fool to bank all the cash coming in, make it look legitimate...
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In the poker game, I always bank my chips carefully to keep track of my winnings.
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He decided to bank all his bets on the last hand, hoping for a big win.
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To increase their chances of success, they decided to bank the maximum amount of money in that round.
Idioms
Compounds
An area of land west of the Jordan River between Israel and Jordan where mainly Palestinians live
A national bank that controls a country's money and interest rates and holds money for the government and other banks
- Specialized
A regional bank that holds commercial banks' money and helps run the country's central bank system
- Specialized
A bank that the government allows to operate across the whole country
The main bank of the United Kingdom that issues money and sets interest rates
A report from your bank that lists all payments and deposits and shows your account balance
A US regional bank in the central bank system that holds money for local banks
An amount of money borrowed from a bank that you must pay back with interest by an agreed date
- Specialized
A business that takes money from people and businesses, lends it, and helps with payments
A strong, secure room in a bank that holds money, valuable things, and important papers
A plastic card from a bank used to pay without cash and get money from cash machines
The central bank that decides interest rates and manages money for countries using the euro
- US
A written note telling a bank to pay a certain amount of money to a person or company
Many customers try to take out their money from a bank because they fear it will fail
- Formal
An official who checks a bank's accounts and records to make sure rules are followed
- Specialized
A company that owns or controls banks, usually to manage them
An area of Paris on the southern side of the Seine known for artists, writers, and cafes
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A bank that helps businesses accept card payments and gives money after fees
- Specialized
A regional bank that lends short-term money to local savings banks to support home loans
- Specialized
The interest rate that a country's central bank sets for loans to commercial banks
- Formal
An official check of a bank's accounts, records, and operations by a government regulator
An international organization that gives loans to help developing countries build roads and schools
- Archaic
A government plan that pays farmers to rest fields and grow plants to improve soil
- Formal
A bank account where one person keeps and controls money for a named person who receives it after their death
A card game for two players who use different decks and try to place all their cards on piles
A network of U.S. government-backed banks that lend money to local lenders like savings banks and credit unions
- Specialized
A very steep turn in an airplane that makes the wings nearly vertical
- Specialized
A code of digits that shows which bank or card company handles a payment
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bank (to act as banker) comes from banca 'bench', meaning to take the dealer's role and keep the game's money, so to bank is to manage the bets and cash in a game.