to bank
- verb
- /bæŋk/
- Enjoy your idea of freedom while you can still make choices, but don't bank on it being there tomorrow.
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- So that's how we're banking on her being home.
- And This is why Jonah's smartest You can't bank on winning the lottery.
- We do know Paul very well, but like we can't count on, we can't bank on that.
Examples
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You can bank on it.
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I wouldn't bank on it.
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I can bank on that fact.
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You can bank on that, okay?
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You can bank on that.
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On that you can bank.
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In America, we bank on effort, not privilege.
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They bank on folks feeling that way.
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Mitch had surely begun to bank on that, and it gave him the freedom to lie once in a while.
Fiction book (1996) -
I always bank on my friends to support me in difficult times.
Synonyms
To believe someone will do what they say
To be confident that something is true or will happen
To trust someone or something to give you help
Trust a person or thing to do what you expect
To trust someone to help you when you need them
To rely on a person or thing for help
To rely on someone for help or advice
Trust someone or something to do what you need
To trust a person or thing to give support
Antonyms
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
How Certain
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember bank (to rely on) is to think of putting trust into a bank; to 'bank on' someone is to depend on them as you would on a safe place for money.