noun

bank

Translation

bank, riverbank, store

I need to go to the bank.

We sat on the river bank.

The hospital has a blood bank.

((a/the bank)) a financial institution I need to go to the bank.

((the bank of sth.)) the land alongside a river We sat on the bank of the river.

Synonyms: financial institution, treasury; riverbank, shore

From Italian 'banca' meaning 'bench' or 'money changer's table', where early bankers conducted business.

Picture a money changer's bench ('banca') set up on a river bank. This connects the two main meanings.