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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bank \Bank\, n. [F. banque, It. banca, orig. bench, table,
     counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench; cf. G. bank
     bench, OHG. banch. See Bench, and cf. Banco, Beach.]
     1. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or
        issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of
        funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution
        incorporated for performing one or more of such functions,
        or the stockholders (or their representatives, the
        directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The building or office used for banking purposes.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A fund to be used in transacting business, especially a
        joint stock or capital.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be
              master of his own money.              --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Gaming) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer
        or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and
        pay his losses.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which
        the players are allowed to draw; in Monopoly, the fund of
        money used to pay bonuses due to the players, or to which
        they pay fines.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     6. a place where something is stored and held available for
        future use; specifically, an organization that stores
        biological products for medical needs; as, a blood bank,
        an organ bank, a sperm bank.
        [PJC]
  
     Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has given the
        required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a
        certain extent agreed upon.
  
     Bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe
        keeping.
  
     Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to
        bearer.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Deposit \De*pos"it\, n. [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of
     deponere: cf. F. d['e]p[^o]t, OF. depost. See Deposit, v.
     t., and cf. Depot.]
     1. That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a
        deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a
        solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or
        that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel,
        etc., deposits of a river).
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The deposit already formed affording to the
              succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis.
                                                    --Kirwan.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under
        the conditions to invite exploitation. --Raymond.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for
        safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another;
        esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to
        order; anything given as pledge or security.
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     4. (Law)
        (a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously
            for the bailor.
        (b) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for
            the performance of a duty assumed by the person
            depositing.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Bank of deposit. See under Bank.
  
     In deposit, or On deposit, in trust or safe keeping as a
        deposit; as, coins were received on deposit.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Deposit \De*pos"it\, n. [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of
     deponere: cf. F. d['e]p[^o]t, OF. depost. See Deposit, v.
     t., and cf. Depot.]
     1. That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a
        deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a
        solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or
        that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel,
        etc., deposits of a river).
  
              The deposit already formed affording to the
              succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis.
                                                    --Kirwan.
  
     2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under
        the conditions to invite exploitation. --Raymond.
  
     3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for
        safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another;
        esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to
        order; anything given as pledge or security.
  
     4. (Law)
        (a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously
            for the bailor.
        (b) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for
            the performance of a duty assumed by the person
            depositing.
  
     5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.]
  
     Bank of deposit. See under Bank.
  
     In deposit, or On deposit, in trust or safe keeping as a
        deposit; as, coins were received on deposit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bank \Bank\, n. [F. banque, It. banca, orig. bench, table,
     counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench; cf. G. bank
     bench, OHG. banch. See Bench, and cf. Banco, Beach.]
     1. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or
        issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of
        funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution
        incorporated for performing one or more of such functions,
        or the stockholders (or their representatives, the
        directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
  
     2. The building or office used for banking purposes.
  
     3. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in
        transacting business; a joint stock or capital. [Obs.]
  
              Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be
              master of his own money.              --Bacon.
  
     4. (Gaming) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer
        or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and
        pay his losses.
  
     5. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which
        the players are allowed to draw.
  
     Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has given the
        required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a
        certain extent agreed upon.
  
     Bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe
        keeping.
  
     Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to
        bearer.

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  bank of deposit /bˈaŋk ɒv dɪpˈɒzɪt/
  letétbank

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