Bank Definition–noun | 1. | a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. | | 3. | Physical Geography. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. | | 4. | a broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation. | | 5. | Coal Mining. the surface around the mouth of a shaft. | | 7. | Aeronautics. the lateral inclination of an aircraft, esp. during a turn. | | 8. | Billiards, Pool. the cushion of the table. | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to border with or like a bank; embank: banking the river with sandbags at flood stage. | | 10. | to form into a bank or heap (usually fol. by up): to bank up the snow. | | 11. | to build (a road or railroad track) with an upward slope from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve. | | 12. | Aeronautics. to tip or incline (an airplane) laterally. | | 13. | Billiards, Pool. | a. | to drive (a ball) to the cushion. | | b. | to pocket (the object ball) by driving it against the bank. | | | 14. | to cover (a fire) with ashes or fuel to make it burn long and slowly. | –verb (used without object) | 15. | to build up in or form banks, as clouds or snow. | | 16. | Aeronautics. to tip or incline an airplane laterally. | | 17. | Horology. (of a lever or balance) to be halted at either end of its oscillation by striking a pin or the like. | | 18. | (of a road or railroad track) to slope upward from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve. | |
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Rate Definition–noun | 1. | the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans. | | 2. | a certain quantity or amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another thing and used as a standard or measure: at the rate of 60 miles an hour. | | 3. | a fixed charge per unit of quantity: a rate of 10 cents a pound. | | 4. | price; cost: to cut rates on all home furnishings. | | 5. | degree of speed, progress, etc.: to work at a rapid rate. | | 6. | degree or comparative extent of action or procedure: the rate of increase in work output. | | 7. | relative condition or quality; grade, class, or sort. | | 8. | assigned position in any of a series of graded classes; rating. | | 9. | Insurance. the premium charge per unit of insurance. | | 10. | a charge by a common carrier for transportation, sometimes including certain services involved in rendering such transportation. | | 11. | a wage paid on a specified time basis: a salary figured on an hourly rate. | | 12. | a charge or pr
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ice established in accordance with a scale or standard: hotel rates based on length of stay. | | 13. | Horology. the relative adherence of a timepiece to perfect timekeeping, measured in terms of the amount of time gained or lost within a certain period. | | 14. | Usually, rates. British. | a. | a tax on property for some local purpose. | | b. | any tax assessed and paid to a local government, as any city tax or district tax. | | –verb (used with object) | 15. | to estimate the value or worth of; appraise: to rate a student's class performance. | | 16. | to esteem, consider, or account: He was rated one of the best writers around. | | 17. | to fix at a certain rate, as of charge or payment. | | 18. | to value for purposes of taxation or the like. | | 19. | to make subject to the payment of a certain rate or tax. | | 20. | to place in a certain rank, class, etc., as a ship or a sailor; give a specific rating to. | | 21. | to be considered or treated as worthy of; merit: an event that doesn't even rate a mention in most histories of the period. | | 22. | to arrange for the conveyance of (goods) at a certain rate. | –verb (used without object) | 23. | to have value, standing, etc.: a performance that didn't rate very high in the competition. | | 24. | to have position in a certain class. | | 25. | to rank very high in estimation: The new teacher really rates with our class. | —Idiom | 26. | at any rate, | a. | in any event; in any case. | | b. | at least: It was a mediocre film, but at any rate there was one outstanding indivi
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