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bank

[bangk] / bæŋk /
NOUN
financial institution
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fund stock store treasury
STRONG
coffer countinghouse depository exchequer hoard repository reserve reservoir safe savings stockpile storehouse thrift vault
WEAK
credit union investment firm trust company
NOUN
ground bounding waters
Synonyms
STRONG
beach cay cliff coast edge embankment lakefront lakeshore lakeside ledge levee oceanfront reef riverside seaboard seafront shore strand waterfront
WEAK
riverfront seabank streamside
NOUN
row or tier of objects
Synonyms
STRONGEST
group
STRONG
array dashboard line rank row sequence series succession
VERB
collect money or advantage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amass hoard invest
STRONG
deposit heap hill mass mound pile save speculate squirrel stash
WEAK
lay aside lay away put by salt away sock away
Antonyms
STRONGEST
spend
WEAK
disburse straighten
VERB
lean or tilt
Synonyms
STRONG
bend camber cant incline pitch slant slope
Antonyms
STRONG
even level
WEAK
disburse spend straighten

Example Sentences

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Increasingly economists are contemplating a scenario where the central bank makes no change to rates.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Equally, bank lending to private credit might be more concentrated, badly structured or more leveraged than the banks and their regulators realize, and so might go wrong more quickly than expected in a recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Conservative Braintree MP Sir James Cleverly accused those responsible of "gaming the system" by carrying out the work on a bank holiday weekend when Uttlesford District Council's offices were shut.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Its record is so bad, in fact, that Joachim Klement, head of strategy at Panmure Liberum, a U.K. investment bank, has concluded that ChatGPT is “absolutely useless” when it comes to macroeconomic forecasting.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Dragging her gaze back, she saw that he was kneeling on the bank of a narrow stream.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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