bank

bank
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noun
1 for money
ADJECTIVE
big, large, major
small
central, clearing (in the UK), commercial, international, investment, issuing, national, reserve, savings

The central bank has put up interest rates.

The bond will be priced by the issuing bank.

She has her money in one of the largest savings banks.

private
foreign, international, overseas
offshore
VERB + BANK
go to
borrow (sth) from
rob
owe

The company owes the bank more than €4 million.

bail out

The government has refused to bail out the bank.

BANK + VERB
pay sb sth
lend sb sth

The bank lent her money to buy a car.

underwrite sth

A group of ten international banks is to underwrite and sell the bonds.

charge sb/sth

The bank charged him a monthly $5 fee.

issue sth

Many of these banks issue both credit and debit cards.

collapse, crash

Investors lost millions when the bank crashed.

BANK + NOUN
account, balance, deposit, loan, statement
charges (esp. BrE), fees (AmE)
credit
manager
teller
robber
heist, robbery
PREPOSITION
from a/the bank

He got a large loan from the bank.

in a/the bank

I'll put half the money in the bank and spend the rest.

out of a/the bank

I need to get some money out of the bank.

2 by a river/canal
ADJECTIVE
far, opposite, other

We could see them waving on the opposite bank.

canal, river
VERB + BANK
burst, overflow

The river had burst its banks after torrential rain.

PREPOSITION
along a/the bank

We strolled along the river bank.

on a/the bank

a picnic on the banks of the river

3 area of sloping ground
ADJECTIVE
steep
grassy
muddy
PREPOSITION
down a/the bank

The children rolled down the grassy bank.

up a/the bank
4 mass of cloud, etc./row of machines, etc.
ADJECTIVE
huge, vast

a huge bank of switches and buttons

cloud (esp. AmE)
PREPOSITION
bank of

a vast bank of cloud

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verb
Bank is used with these nouns as the object: ↑money

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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