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1. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
   - Sir Joseph Banks

1. Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
   "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"
    
2. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
   "that bank holds the mortgage on my home"; "he cashed a check at the bank";
   - depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company
    
3. A long ridge or pile
   "a huge bank of earth"
    
4. An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
   "he operated a bank of switches"
    
5. A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
    
6. The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
   "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
    
7. A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
   - cant, camber
    
8. A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
   "the coin bank was empty"; "the savings bank was empty";
   - savings bank, coin bank, money box
    
9. A building in which the business of banking transacted
   "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon";
   - bank building
    
10. A flight manoeuvre; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
    "the plane went into a steep bank"

1. Tip laterally
   "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
    
2. Enclose with a bank
   "bank roads"
    
3. Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
   "Where do you bank in this town?"
    
4. Act as the banker in a game or in gambling
    
5. Be in the banking business
    
6. Put into a bank account
   "She banks her paycheque every month";
   - deposit
    
7. Cover with ashes so as to control the rate of burning
   "bank a fire"
    
8. Have confidence or faith in
   "bank on your good education";
   - trust, swear, rely

Type of: act, aeroplane manoeuvre [Brit], airplane maneuver [US], airplane manoeuvre [Cdn], array, backlog, believe, botanist, cash in hand, close in, container, cover, deposit, depositary, depository, do work, enclose, finances, financial institution, financial organisation [Brit], financial organization, flight maneuver [US], flight manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], funds, give, incline, inclose, monetary resource, pecuniary resource, phytologist, plant scientist, repository, reserve, ridge, shut in, side, slope, stockpile, tip, transact, work

Part of: banking industry, banking system

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