Bank

What “Bank” means

Noun

1. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
2. A branch office of such an institution.
3. An underwriter or controller of a card game.
4. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
5. The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.

Verb

1. To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
2. To put into a bank (financial institution).
3. To store in a bank (storage).
4. To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
5. To provide banking services to.

Noun

1. An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
2. An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth
3. A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
4. The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
5. An incline, a hill.

Verb

1. To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
2. To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
3. To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
4. To form a bank; to gather in masses.
5. To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian bancabor. Middle French banqueder. English bank Inherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of bench, banc, and banco. For the bench-bank relation, compare typologically Russian ла́вка (lávka), прила́вок (prilávok).

From Middle English bank, banke, from Old English *banca (“bench”) (attested in Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *bankō, from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”), Norwegian bakke (“slope, hill”).

Business name ideas with “Bank”

Industries where “Bank” fits

We suggest this word for 3 business types and industries, including:

• Blood and Organ Banks
• Monetary Authorities-Central Bank
• Offices of Bank Holding Companies