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ba nk ac|count (bank accounts ) N‑COUNT A bank account is an arrangement with a bank which allows you to keep your money in the bank and to take some out when you need it.

ba nk bal|ance (bank balances ) N‑COUNT Your bank balance is the amount of money that you have in your bank account at a particular time.

ba nk card (bank cards ) also bankcard

1 N‑COUNT A bank card is a plastic card which your bank gives you so you can get money from your bank account using a cash machine. It is also called an ATM card in American English.

2 N‑COUNT A bank card is a credit card that is supplied by a bank. [AM ]

ba nk draft (bank drafts ) N‑COUNT A bank draft is a cheque which you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal cheque. □  Payments should be made by credit card or bank draft in U.S. dollars.

banked /bæ ŋkt/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A banked stretch of road is higher on one side than the other. □  He struggled to hold the bike down on the banked corners.

2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If a place is banked with something, it is piled high with that thing. If something is banked up , it is piled high. □  Flowerbeds and tubs are banked with summer bedding plants. □  The snow was banked up along the roadside.

bank|er ◆◇◇ /bæ ŋkə ^r / (bankers ) N‑COUNT A banker is someone who works in banking at a senior level. □  …an investment banker. □  …a merchant banker.

ba nk|er's draft (banker's drafts ) N‑COUNT A banker's draft is the same as a bank draft . □  You pay for the car by banker's draft in the local currency.

ba nk ho li|day (bank holidays ) N‑COUNT A bank holiday is a public holiday. [BRIT ] in AM, usually use national holiday

bank|ing ◆◇◇ /bæ ŋk I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Banking is the business activity of banks and similar institutions.

ba nk man|ag|er (bank managers ) N‑COUNT A bank manager is someone who is in charge of a bank, or a particular branch of a bank, and who is involved in making decisions about whether or not to lend money to businesses and individuals. [BUSINESS ] □  This may have influenced your bank manager's decision not to give you a loan.

bank|note /bæ ŋknoʊt/ (banknotes ) also bank note N‑COUNT Banknotes are pieces of paper money.

ba nk rate (bank rates ) N‑COUNT The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided by the country's central bank. □  …a sterling crisis that forced the bank rate up.

bank|roll /bæ ŋkroʊl/ (bankrolls , bankrolling , bankrolled )

1 VERB To bankroll a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need. [mainly AM , INFORMAL ] □ [V n] The company has bankrolled a couple of local movies.

2 N‑SING A bankroll is the financial resources used to back a person, project, or institution. [AM ] □  We have a guaranteed minimum bankroll of £1.7m over the five albums.

bank|rupt /bæ ŋkrʌpt/ (bankrupts , bankrupting , bankrupted )

1 ADJ People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts. [BUSINESS ] □  If the firm cannot sell its products, it will go bankrupt. □  He was declared bankrupt after failing to pay a £114m loan guarantee.

2 VERB To bankrupt a person or organization means to make them go bankrupt. [BUSINESS ] □ [V n] The move to the market nearly bankrupted the firm and its director.

3 N‑COUNT A bankrupt is a person who has been declared bankrupt by a court of law. [BUSINESS ]

4 ADJ If you say that something is bankrupt , you are emphasizing that it lacks any value or worth. [EMPHASIS ] □  He really thinks that European civilisation is morally bankrupt.