bank

bank
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. slope, hillside; mound, heap, ridge; tier; beach, shore, shoal; depository, vault. See obliquity, land, store. —v. tilt, angle, slope; deposit. See edge, aviation.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A wall of earth]
Syn. levee, embankment, mound; see ridge 2 .
2. [Ground rising above adjacent water]
Syn. ledge, cliff, edge, shore; see shore .
3. [Raised ground under water]
Syn. shoal, reef, bar; see shoal .
4. [A financial establishment]
Syn. savings bank, commercial bank, countinghouse, investment firm, banking house, financial custodian, credit union, trust company, treasury, exchequer, repository of funds, national bank, state bank, cooperative bank, savings and loan association, thrift (institution), Federal Reserve Bank, private bank, lending institution, depository, vault, automated teller machine or ATM, cash machine.
5. [A row of objects close together]
Syn. series, group, sequence; see line 1 .
6. [The pitch in a turn]
Syn. slope, lean, incline; see inclination 5 .
7. [A gambling establishment]
Syn. the house, cashier, club; see casino .
See Synonym Study at shoal , shore . v.
1. [To deposit money]
Syn. save, deposit, put in the bank, enter an account; see deposit 2 .
2. [To operate a bank]
Syn. lend money, hold money in trust, practice usury, speculate.
3. [To heap earth or similar material]
Syn. dike, pile, hill; see heap 1 .
4. [To cover a fire for the night]
Syn. trim, build up, stoke, replenish, regulate, cover.
5. [To tilt on a curve]
Syn. lean, pitch, bend, slope; see lean 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. financial institution, savings and loan, S&L, lending institution, thrift, trust company, treasury, credit union, Federal Reserve Bank, mortgage company. ''A place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.''—Robert Frost.
WORD FIND
• assets pledged as security for a loan: collateral
• ATM: automated teller machine
• ATM access code: pin (personal identification) number
• bad check-writing: kiting
• CD: certficate of deposit
• check guaranteed by bank to be covered: certified check
• checking account that earns interest on unused funds: NOW (negotiable order of withdrawal) account
• check returned due to insufficient funds: bounced check
• clerk: teller
• conceal large sums of illegally gained money by depositing in several small accounts: launder
• deposit of third party made to assure fulfillment of contract: escrow
• document such as draft, deed or bond: instrument
• fail to pay off a loan: default
• failure to pay loan on time: delinquency
• FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• federal banking system and clearinghouse: Federal Reserve System
• interest rate charged on loans to member banks by Federal Reserve Bank: discount rate
• loan payment, large initial: down payment
• loan payment that is larger than all the others: balloon payment
• lowest interest rate at a given time: prime rate
• messenger/*gopher: runner
• office or central bank where bankers meet to settle balances: clearinghouse
• one percent of loan paid up front: point
• order to bank to refuse payment on a check drawn: stop payment
• panicked withdrawals on fear of bank closure: bank run
• payment, order for: draft, money order
• payment for use of credit or funds: interest
• pay off loan in one large installment instead of many smaller ones: commute
• record book of deposits and withdrawals: passbook, bankbook
• seriousness, payment establishing borrower’s: earnest money
• signature authorizing payment of check: endorsement
• storage space for customer’s valuables: safe deposit box
• teller’s small window: wicket
• value of business, home or other investment after all debts are subtracted: equity
• vault, personal: safe deposit box
• withdrawal in excess of funds in account: overdraft
see money, security (3)
2. embankment slope, hill, ledge, mound, levee.
3. row tier, course, string, line, array, series.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To put into a disordered pile: drift, heap, hill, lump1, mound, pile (up), stack. See ORDER.
V
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A group of things gathered haphazardly: agglomeration, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock2, stack, tumble. See ORDER.
VI
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To place (money) in a bank: deposit, lay away, salt away. Informal: sock away. See KEEP, MONEY.

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