bank
A place or company where people keep their money and can borrow money.
An organization that accepts deposits, provides loans, and offers other financial services to individuals and businesses.
The side of a river or lake where the land meets the water.
The sloping ground alongside a river, lake, or other body of water.
To be sure that something will happen and plan based on it.
To depend on something happening or being true.
A line or group of similar things placed together.
A row or tier of similar objects arranged together, often in machinery, electronics, or seating.
When an airplane leans to one side while turning.
To tilt an aircraft sideways when making a turn.
- Base: bank
- Plural: banks
- Base: bank
- 3rd Person Singular: banks
- Present Participle: banking
- Past: banked
bank on
1Rely or depend on something happening
To be sure that something will happen and make plans based on it.
- You can bank on their support for the project.
- I’m banking on good weather for our picnic.
break the bank
1Be too expensive or unaffordable
To cost more money than you can afford.
- That car looks nice, but it doesn’t have to break the bank.
- A vacation abroad need not break the bank if you plan carefully.
the other side of the bank
1Opposite side of river/lake edge
The land across from you, on the other side of a river or lake.
- They waved from the other side of the bank.
- We could see animals grazing on the other side of the bank.