/bæŋk/
Translation
A place where people keep their money and can take it out again.
Word origin
From Italian banca, meaning a bench or table where money was changed.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- banca
Grammar
Examples
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"Bank" is the place that holds the money.
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"Banks" is the plural, meaning more than one bank.
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Here "bank" is the place the speaker will visit.
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