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{ "term": "bank", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "an organization that provides various financial services, for example keeping or lending money", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I don't have much money in the bank at the end of the month." }, { "text": "I need to go to the bank *(= the local office of a bank)*." }, { "text": "We are now in competition with the big global banks." }, { "text": "Major banks are increasing the amount they lend to small companies." }, { "text": "He got a large loan from the bank." }, { "text": "She got a **bank loan** to finance the purchase." }, { "text": "I had a meeting with the **bank manager**." }, { "text": "He was shot as he tried to foil a **bank robbery**." }, { "text": "I need to get some money out of the bank." }, { "text": "I'll put half the money in the bank and spend the rest." }, { "text": "Investors lost millions when the bank crashed." }, { "text": "Many of these banks issue both credit and debit cards." }, { "text": "She has her money in one of the largest savings banks." }, { "text": "The bank charged him a monthly $5 fee." }, { "text": "The bank lent her money to buy a car." }, { "text": "The bond will be priced by the issuing bank." }, { "text": "The company owes the bank more than €4 million." }, { "text": "The government has refused to bail out the bank." }, { "text": "A group of ten international banks is to underwrite and sell the bonds." } ], "topics": ["Money"] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a supply of money or things that are used as money in some games, especially those in which gambling is involved", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "an amount of something that is collected; a place where something is stored ready for use", "examples": [ { "text": "a bank of knowledge" }, { "text": "a **blood/sperm bank**" }, { "text": "They intend to establish a bank of information which will be accessible to the public." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a place or container where something may be placed for recycling", "examples": [ { "text": "Take old clothes and shoes to the local recycling bank." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "the side of a river, canal, etc. and the land near it", "sensetop": "on the bank/banks of something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We strolled along the **river bank**." }, { "text": "He jumped in and swam to the opposite bank." }, { "text": "a house on the banks of the River Severn *(= on land near the river)*", "contextForm": "on the bank/banks of something" }, { "text": "It's on the north bank of the Thames." }, { "text": "The river **burst its banks** after heavy rain." }, { "text": "We could see them waving on the opposite bank." }, { "text": "We had a picnic on the banks of the Thames." } ], "topics": ["Geography"] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a raised area of ground that slopes at the sides, often at the edge of something or dividing something", "examples": [ { "text": "There were low banks of earth between the rice fields." }, { "text": "The girls ran down the steep grassy bank." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "an artificial slope built at the side of a road, so that cars can drive fast around bends", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [], "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a mass of cloud, snow, etc., especially one formed by the wind", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "The sun disappeared behind a bank of clouds." } ], "topics": ["Weather"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["huge", "vast", "cloud"], "preposition": ["bank of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "a row or series of similar objects, especially machines", "examples": [ { "text": "a bank of lights/computers" }, { "text": "She was faced with a huge bank of switches and buttons." }, { "text": "She was working a phone bank for the Democrats." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["huge", "vast", "cloud"], "preposition": ["bank of"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "financial support from your parents, especially when you are an adult", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Without support from the Bank of Mum and Dad, they could find themselves locked out of the housing market." } ], "topics": ["Money"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make a lot of money easily and feel very pleased about it", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if you say something won’t break the bank, you mean that it won’t cost a lot of money, or more than you can afford", "labels": "(informal, humorous)", "examples": [ { "text": "We can just get a sandwich if you want—that won’t break the bank." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/bæŋk/", "audio": "ba/bank/bank__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/bæŋk/", "audio": "ba/bank/bank__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun senses 4 to 8 Middle English: from Old Norse bakki, of Germanic origin; related to bench. The senses of is ‘set of things in rows’ from French banc, of the same ultimate origin. noun senses 1 to 3 late 15th cent. (originally denoting a money dealer's table): from French banque or Italian banca, from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin; related to other senses of bank and bench." }