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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bank \Bank\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Banked}(b[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banking}.]
1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. ''Banked well with earth.'' --Holland.
2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. (Engineering) To build (a roadway or railroad) with an inclination at a curve in the road, so as to counteract centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing the danger of vehicles overturning at a curve; as, the raceway was steeply banked at the curves. [PJC]
{To bank a fire}, {To bank up a fire}, to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Banking \Bank"ing\, noun The business of a bank or of a banker.
{Banking house}, an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
banking
noun
1: engaging in the business of banking; maintaining savings and checking accounts and issuing loans and credit etc.
2: transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "banking": acrobatics, aerobatics, chandelle, crabbing, dive, diving, fishtailing, glide, investment banking, money changing, money dealing, nose dive, power dive, pull-up, pullout, pushdown, rolling, sideslip, spiral, stall, stunting, tactical maneuvers, volplane, zoom
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