| bank bill | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, federal reserve note, government note, greenback, note | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank).; "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" |
| ~ folding money, paper currency, paper money | currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie. |
| ~ silver certificate | formerly a bank note issued by the United States Treasury and redeemable in silver. |
| ~ c-note, hundred dollar bill | a United States bill worth 100 dollars. |
| ~ fifty dollar bill, fifty | a United States bill worth 50 dollars. |
| ~ twenty dollar bill, twenty | a United States bill worth 20 dollars. |
| ~ ten dollar bill, tenner | a United States bill worth 10 dollars. |
| ~ five-spot, five dollar bill, fiver | a United States bill worth 5 dollars. |
| ~ two dollar bill | a United States bill worth 2 dollars. |
| ~ dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam, dollar | a piece of paper money worth one dollar. |
| bank | | |
| n. (object) | 1. bank | sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water).; "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents" |
| ~ riverbank, riverside | the bank of a river. |
| ~ incline, slope, side | an elevated geological formation.; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" |
| ~ waterside | land bordering a body of water. |
| n. (group) | 2. bank, banking company, banking concern, depository financial institution | a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home" |
| ~ financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization | an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets. |
| ~ banking industry, banking system | banks collectively. |
| ~ credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings. |
| ~ federal reserve bank, reserve bank | one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region. |
| ~ agent bank | a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank. |
| ~ commercial bank, full service bank | a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public. |
| ~ state bank | a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government. |
| ~ agent bank, lead bank | a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests. |
| ~ member bank | a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System. |
| ~ merchant bank, acquirer | a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee. |
| ~ acquirer | a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock. |
| ~ thrift institution | a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying. |
| ~ home loan bank | one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region. |
| n. (object) | 3. bank | a long ridge or pile.; "a huge bank of earth" |
| ~ bluff | a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion). |
| ~ ridge | a long narrow natural elevation or striation. |
| ~ sandbank | a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide. |
| n. (group) | 4. bank | an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers.; "he operated a bank of switches" |
| ~ array | an orderly arrangement.; "an array of troops in battle order" |
| n. (possession) | 5. bank | a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies). |
| ~ stockpile, reserve, backlog | something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose. |
| ~ blood bank | a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma.; "the Red Cross created a blood bank for emergencies" |
| ~ eye bank | a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects. |
| ~ food bank | a place where food is contributed and made available to those in need.; "they set up a food bank for the flood victims" |
| ~ soil bank | land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land. |
| n. (possession) | 6. bank | the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games.; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" |
| ~ cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource | assets in the form of money. |
| n. (object) | 7. bank, camber, cant | a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force. |
| ~ incline, slope, side | an elevated geological formation.; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. bank, coin bank, money box, savings bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home.; "the coin bank was empty" |
| ~ container | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). |
| ~ penny bank, piggy bank | a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig). |
| n. (artifact) | 9. bank, bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted.; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" |
| ~ depositary, depository, repository, deposit | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. |
| ~ bank vault, vault | a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables. |
| n. (act) | 10. bank | a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning).; "the plane went into a steep bank" |
| ~ vertical bank | a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical. |
| ~ airplane maneuver, flight maneuver | a maneuver executed by an aircraft. |
| v. (motion) | 11. bank | tip laterally.; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft" |
| ~ tip | cause to tilt.; "tip the screen upward" |
| v. (contact) | 12. bank | enclose with a bank.; "bank roads" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| v. (possession) | 13. bank | do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank.; "Where do you bank in this town?" |
| ~ transact | conduct business.; "transact with foreign governments" |
| v. (possession) | 14. bank | act as the banker in a game or in gambling. |
| ~ act | discharge one's duties.; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?" |
| ~ bank | be in the banking business. |
| v. (possession) | 15. bank | be in the banking business. |
| ~ bank | act as the banker in a game or in gambling. |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| v. (possession) | 16. bank, deposit | put into a bank account.; "She deposits her paycheck every month" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ redeposit | deposit once again.; "redeposit a cheque" |
| v. (contact) | 17. bank | cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning.; "bank a fire" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (cognition) | 18. bank, rely, swear, trust | have confidence or faith in.; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
| ~ believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| ~ credit | have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of. |
| ~ lean | rely on for support.; "We can lean on this man" |
| ~ depend, bet, reckon, calculate, count, look | have faith or confidence in.; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" |
| stool | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. stool | a simple seat without a back or arms. |
| ~ campstool | a folding stool. |
| ~ cutty stool | a low stool; formerly in Scotland, a seat in a church where an offender was publicly rebuked. |
| ~ footrest, footstool, tuffet, ottoman | a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person. |
| ~ milking stool | low three-legged stool with a half round seat; used to sit on while milking a cow. |
| ~ music stool, piano stool | a stool for piano players; usually adjustable in height. |
| ~ seat | furniture that is designed for sitting on.; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" |
| ~ step stool | a stool that has one or two steps that fold under the seat. |
| ~ taboret, tabouret | a low stool in the shape of a drum. |
| n. (substance) | 2. bm, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels. |
| ~ dog do, dog shit, dog turd, doggy do | fecal droppings from a dog. |
| ~ body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body. |
| ~ crap, poop, shit, shite, turd, dirt | obscene terms for feces. |
| ~ droppings, dung, muck | fecal matter of animals. |
| ~ meconium | thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child. |
| ~ melaena, melena | abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding). |
| n. (plant) | 3. stool | (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings. |
| ~ forestry | the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber. |
| ~ stump, tree stump | the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet | a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. |
| ~ bathroom, bath | a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet. |
| ~ flushless toilet | a toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water). |
| ~ flush toilet, lavatory | a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it. |
| ~ plumbing fixture | a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building. |
| ~ potty chair, potty seat | toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children. |
| ~ john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, bathroom, can | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets. |
| ~ toilet bowl | the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water. |
| ~ toilet seat | the hinged seat on a toilet. |
| v. (communication) | 5. stool | lure with a stool, as of wild fowl. |
| ~ entice, lure, tempt | provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.; "He lured me into temptation" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. stool | react to a decoy, of wildfowl. |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| v. (body) | 7. stool, tiller | grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers. |
| ~ acquire, develop, produce, grow, get | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).; "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" |
| v. (body) | 8. ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit | have a bowel movement.; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
| ~ make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, piddle, urinate, puddle, make | eliminate urine.; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ dung | defecate; used of animals. |
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