Bank vs. Bench

Banknoun

An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.

Banknoun

A branch office of such an institution.

Banknoun

An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque.

Banknoun

A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.

Banknoun

(gambling) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.

Banknoun

money; profit

Banknoun

In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.

Banknoun

A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

Banknoun

A device used to store coins or currency.

Banknoun

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

Banknoun

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).

Banknoun

(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

Banknoun

(aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.

Banknoun

(rail transport) An incline, a hill.

Banknoun

A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.

Banknoun

(mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.

Banknoun

(mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.

Banknoun

(mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.

Banknoun

A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

Banknoun

A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.

Banknoun

A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

Banknoun

A bench or seat for judges in court.

Banknoun

The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc.

Banknoun

A kind of table used by printers.

Banknoun

(music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.

Banknoun

(uncountable) slang for money

Bankverb

(intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

Bankverb

(transitive) To put into a bank.

Bankverb

To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

Bankverb

To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

Bankverb

(transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.

Bankverb

(transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.

Bankverb

(transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

Bankverb

(transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

Bankverb

To pass by the banks of.

Bankverb

To arrange or order in a row.

Banknoun

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.

Banknoun

A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.

Banknoun

The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.

Banknoun

An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.

Banknoun

The face of the coal at which miners are working.

Banknoun

The lateral inclination of an aëroplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45° is easy; a bank of 90° is dangerous.

Banknoun

A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank of electric lamps, etc.

Banknoun

The tilt of a roadway or railroad, at a curve in the road, designed to counteract centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing the danger of overturning during a turn.

Banknoun

A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

Banknoun

The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.

Banknoun

A sort of table used by printers.

Banknoun

A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.

Banknoun

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.

Banknoun

The building or office used for banking purposes.

Banknoun

A fund to be used in transacting business, especially a joint stock or capital.

Banknoun

The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.

Banknoun

In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw; in Monopoly, the fund of money used to pay bonuses due to the players, or to which they pay fines.

Banknoun

a place where something is stored and held available for future use;

Bankverb

To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

Bankverb

To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.

Bankverb

To pass by the banks of.

Bankverb

To build (a roadway or railroad) with an inclination at a curve in the road, so as to counteract centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing the danger of vehicles overturning at a curve; as, the raceway was steeply banked at the curves.

Bankverb

To deposit in a bank.

Bankverb

To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.

Bankverb

To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.

Bankverb

To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; - said of a flying machine, an aërocurve, or the like.

Banknoun

a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;

Banknoun

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water);

Banknoun

a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

Banknoun

a building in which commercial banking is transacted;

Banknoun

an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers;

Banknoun

a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;

Banknoun

a long ridge or pile;

Banknoun

the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games;

Banknoun

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

Banknoun

a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning);

Bankverb

tip laterally;

Bankverb

enclose with a bank;

Bankverb

do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank;

Bankverb

act as the banker in a game or in gambling

Bankverb

be in the banking business

Bankverb

put into a bank account;

Bankverb

cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning;

Bankverb

have confidence or faith in;

Bank

A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.

Benchnoun

A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.

Benchnoun

(legal) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.

Benchnoun

The place where the judges sit.

Benchnoun

The dignity of holding an official seat.

Benchnoun

(sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.

Benchnoun

The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.

Benchnoun

A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.

Benchnoun

(weightlifting) A horizontal padded surface, usually with a weight rack, used for support during exercise.

Benchnoun

(surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.

Benchnoun

A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.

Benchnoun

(geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.

Benchnoun

A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.

Benchnoun

A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.

Benchnoun

A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.

Benchnoun

(weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.

Benchverb

To remove a player from play.

Benchverb

To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.

Benchverb

(slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.

Benchverb

(transitive) To furnish with benches.

Benchverb

(transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.

Benchverb

To lift by bench pressing

Benchverb

alternative spelling of bentsh

Benchnoun

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

Benchnoun

A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.

Benchnoun

The seat where judges sit in court.

Benchnoun

The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.

Benchnoun

A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; - so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

Benchnoun

A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.

Benchverb

To furnish with benches.

Benchverb

To place on a bench or seat of honor.

Benchverb

To sit on a seat of justice.

Benchnoun

a long seat for more than one person

Benchnoun

the reserve players on a team;

Benchnoun

a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

Benchnoun

persons who administer justice

Benchnoun

a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic

Benchnoun

the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively

Benchverb

take out of a game; of players

Benchverb

exhibit on a bench;

Benchnoun

a long seat for several people, typically made of wood or stone

Benchnoun

a long work table in a workshop or laboratory

Benchnoun

a judge's seat in a law court.

Benchnoun

the office of judge or magistrate

Benchnoun

a judge or magistrate presiding over a particular case.

Benchnoun

a long seat in Parliament for politicians of a specified party

Benchnoun

the politicians occupying a specified bench in Parliament

Benchnoun

a seat at the side of a sports field for coaches, substitutes, and players not taking part in a game

Benchnoun

a flat ledge in masonry or on sloping ground.

Benchverb

exhibit (a dog) at a show

Benchverb

withdraw (a sports player) from play

Benchverb

short for bench press (verb)