I.
noun
1 for money
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , large , major
▪ small
▪ central , clearing ( in the UK ), commercial , international , investment , issuing , national , reserve , savings
▪
The central ~ has put up interest rates.
▪
The bond will be priced by the issuing ~.
▪
She has her money in one of the largest savings ~s.
▪ private
▪ foreign , international , overseas
▪ offshore
VERB + BANK
▪ go to
▪ borrow (sth) from
▪ rob
▪ owe
▪
The company owes the ~ more than €4 million.
▪ bail out
▪
The government has refused to bail out the ~.
BANK + VERB
▪ pay sb sth
▪ lend sb sth
▪
The ~ lent her money to buy a car.
▪ underwrite sth
▪
A group of ten international ~s is to underwrite and sell the bonds.
▪ charge sb/sth
▪
The ~ charged him a monthly $5 fee.
▪ issue sth
▪
Many of these ~s issue both credit and debit cards.
▪ collapse , crash
▪
Investors lost millions when the ~ crashed.
BANK + NOUN
▪ account , balance , deposit , loan , statement
▪ charges ( esp. BrE ), fees ( AmE )
▪ credit
▪ manager
▪ teller
▪ robber
▪ heist , robbery
PREPOSITION
▪ from a/the ~
▪
He got a large loan from the ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
I'll put half the money in the ~ and spend the rest.
▪ out of a/the ~
▪
I need to get some money out of the ~.
2 by a river/canal
ADJECTIVE
▪ far , opposite , other
▪
We could see them waving on the opposite ~.
▪ canal , river
VERB + BANK
▪ burst , overflow
▪
The river had burst its ~s after torrential rain.
PREPOSITION
▪ along a/the ~
▪
We strolled along the river ~.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
a picnic on the ~s of the river
3 area of sloping ground
ADJECTIVE
▪ steep
▪ grassy
▪ muddy
PREPOSITION
▪ down a/the ~
▪
The children rolled down the grassy ~.
▪ up a/the ~
4 mass of cloud, etc./row of machines, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ huge , vast
▪
a huge ~ of switches and buttons
▪ cloud ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a vast ~ of cloud
II.
verb
Bank is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ money