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Synonyms for banked

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bangk
Phonetic Transcription : bæŋk

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Définition of banked

Origin :
  • "financial institution," late 15c., from either Old Italian banca or Middle French banque (itself from the Italian word), both meaning "table" (the notion is of the moneylender's exchange table), from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German bank "bench"); see bank (n.2).
  • Bank holiday is from 1871, though the tradition is as old as the Bank of England. To cry all the way to the bank was coined 1956 by flamboyant pianist Liberace, after a Madison Square Garden concert that was packed with patrons but panned by critics.
  • verb collect money or advantage
  • verb lean or tilt
Example sentences :
  • Already Foulet had banked the plane—we were circling; turning back.
  • Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
  • Eyer, at the controls, banked the plane at right angles and flew on.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • But Philip had kept him apart, had banked him off, and yet drained him to the dregs.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Fully alerted and armed, it spun and banked in the bright morning sunlight.
  • Extract from : « Watchbird » by Robert Sheckley
  • Snow must be banked all round the tent to keep out the wind.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • It was one evening we had banked our fires and were ready to be hoisted up.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • We ran up a little cabin and banked it nearly to the low eaves with snow.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Banked clouds were driving the wintry sunshine toward the horizon.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • The floors were cleared for dancing and the mantels were banked high with flowers and ferns.
  • Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
  • The moon was banked and not a glimmer of light shone on earth or heaven.
  • Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King

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