bank
/ˈbæŋk/ sustantivo A1En español: banca, banco, sucursal, almacén
- An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- A branch office of such an institution.
- An underwriter or controller of a card game.
- A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
- Money; profit.
- In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
- A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods. · blood bank; data bank; sperm bank
Plural banks
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”
They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
“I’ve tried the roots of trees, and I’ve tried banks, and I’ve tried hedges,” the Pigeon went on, without attending to her; “but those serpents!
At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face.
Otras coincidencias
- bank alinear, agrupar en fila A2
- bank ladearse, ladear, peraltar C2
- bank tener la cuenta en, ahorrar, depositar C2
- bank ribera, orilla, banco C2
- bank hilera, teclado C2
- bank banco de remeros, teclado, banca C2
- bank on To rely on someone or something
- bank up To press a mound of something against something...
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