Bank

The term bank may refer to the following:

a financial institution and intermediary that accepts deposits and channels them into lending activities
Blood bank, a repository for blood or blood components stored and preserved for use in blood transfusions
Gene bank, a repository for biological material, specifically genetic material
Seed bank, a type of gene bank that stores seeds of food crops for later planting, or rare species of plants as a means of ensuring biodiversity
a geographical term referring to the terrain alongside a body of water
Diaper bank, a type of charitable organization that provides diapers for people who cannot afford or do not otherwise have access to them, via donations in cash or in kind

Ocean bank (or fishing bank), a relatively shallow area in a body of water, such as the sea, that may be a rich fishing ground
Bank engine (also helper engine, pusher engine), a railway locomotive attached to the rear of a train for additional power and traction, usually for climbing sloped areas
Bank (or roll), a rotation of a fixed-wing aircraft about its longtitudinal axis
Banked turn, a turn or change of direction in which a vehicle banks or inclines, usually towards the inside of the turn
a type of shot in basketball wherein the ball is bounced off of the backboard and into the basket
a type of shot in cue sports wherein the object ball is driven to one or more rails before reaching its intended target

Bánk, a village and municipality in the county of Nógrád in Hungary
Bank (or Banak), a city in the province of Bushehr in Iran
Citizens Bank Park (also CBP, The Bank), a baseball park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the US
Bank Street College of Education, a private graduate school in New York City, New York in the US
BANK, a group of artists who were active in London during the 1990s
The Bank, a 1915 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin
The Bank, a 2001 Australian film starring David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, a 1983 science fiction TV movie starring Raúl Juliá

Memory Bank, a short-lived daytime game show in the UK
Mitigation banking (also environmental mitigation, compensatory mitigation), a type of project or program intended to offset known impacts to a historic or natural resource
Bank paper, a type of thing but strong writing paper or a type of security issued by a bank
Cylinder bank, a single row of cylinders in an internal combustion engine
Data bank, a centralized or decentralized repository of information on one or more subjects that is organized in a way that facilitates the retrieval of the information contained within
Memory bank, a hardware-dependent logical unit of storage in electronics
Piggy bank (also penny bank, money box), a ceramic or porcelain container for coins mostly used by children

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