bank (2) — OET

bank2

noun

1 I paid the money into my bank:

financial institution;

commercial bank, savings bank, finance company, finance house, lender, mortgagee, investment bank;

British high-street bank, clearing bank, building society, merchant bank;

North American savings and loan (association), thrift.

2 a blood bank:

store, reserve, accumulation, stock, stockpile, inventory, supply, pool, fund, cache, hoard, deposit;

storehouse, reservoir, repository, depository;

rare amassment.

verb

1 I banked the cheque:

deposit, pay in;

clear;

save, save up, keep, keep in reserve, lay by, put aside, set aside, put by, put by for a rainy day, hoard, cache, garner;

informal stash (away), salt away, squirrel away.

2 the family has banked with Coutts for generations | many banks have lower rates available if you bank with them:

have an account at, deposit one's money with, use, be a customer of, deal with, do business with.

□ bank on

the prime minister cannot bank on their support:

rely on, depend on, count on, place reliance on, bargain on, plan on, reckon on, calculate on, presume on;

anticipate, expect, pin one's hopes on, hope for, take for granted, take as read, take on trust;

be confident of, have (every) confidence in, place (one's) confidence in, be sure of, pin one's faith on, trust in;

North American, informal figure on.

bank (2) Oxford Dictionary of English