banking
noun
[ ˈbaŋkɪŋ ]
• the business conducted or services offered by a bank.
• "with this account, you are entitled to free banking"
banking
noun
• an embankment or artificial bank.
• "I climbed down the banking and took a photograph"
• the use of a second locomotive to provide additional power for a train ascending an incline.
• "four engines of this class are used for banking"
bank
verb
• heap (a substance) into a mass or mound.
• "the rain banked the soil up behind the gate"
Similar:
pile (up),
heap (up),
stack (up),
make a pile of,
make a heap of,
make a stack of,
accumulate,
amass,
assemble,
put together,
• (with reference to an aircraft or vehicle) tilt or cause to tilt sideways in making a turn.
• "the plane banked as if to return to the airport"
Similar:
tilt,
lean,
tip,
slant,
incline,
angle,
slope,
list,
camber,
pitch,
dip,
cant,
put/be at an angle,
• (of a locomotive) provide additional power for (a train) in ascending an incline.
• "he has built a four-cylinder locomotive for banking trains up the Lickey incline"
• (of an angler) succeed in landing (a fish).
• "it was the biggest rainbow trout that had ever been banked"
• (in pool) play (a ball) so that it rebounds off a surface such as a cushion.
• "I banked the eight ball off two cushions"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse bakki, of Germanic origin; related to bench. The senses ‘set of things in rows’ and ‘tier of oars’ are from French banc, of the same ultimate origin.
bank
verb
• deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.
• "she may have banked a cheque in the wrong account"
Similar:
deposit,
pay in,
clear,
save,
save up,
keep,
keep in reserve,
lay by,
put aside,
set aside,
put by,
put by for a rainy day,
hoard,
cache,
garner,
stash (away),
salt away,
squirrel away,
have an account at,
deposit one's money with,
use,
be a customer of,
deal with,
do business with,
Origin:
late 15th century (originally denoting a money dealer's table): from French banque or Italian banca, from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin; related to bank1 and bench.
