Collocations for "banks"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "banks" in context.
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bank
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [state, federal, royal, reserve, central, international] bank
- [a savings, a deposit, an off-shore, an investment] bank
- need to make a [deposit, withdrawal, transfer] at the bank
- the bank [charges, will charge] for
- need to [go to, stop by] the bank
- where is the nearest bank?
- what bank do you use?
- works in a bank
- the bank approved the [loan, mortgage]
- UK: is laughing all the way to the bank
- [sunbathe, have a picnic] on the river bank
- on the banks of the river
- [ride, take] the bank of a curve
- a bank of [clouds, snow, scrap metal]
- [open, have] a bank account
- a bank [account, statement, manager, clerk, teller]
- check your bank balance
- verify your bank details
- make a bank [transfer, deposit, withdrawal]
- need a bank loan
- visit the bank [branch, website]
- UK: [today, next Monday] is a bank holiday
- UK: the [August, May Day, late May] Bank Holiday
- don't bank on it
- I was banking on [you, having, not]
- bank with [a credit union, them]
- have banked there for years
- bank your [winnings, money]
- the plane banked [sharply, steeply] (to)
- plane banked to the [left, right]
- [the pilot, she] banked the plane
- the [curve, road] banked
- the [curve] banked to the [left, right]
- the [river, garden] was banked
- banked with [flowers, dirt]
'banks' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
backed
- bail
- bank
- chartered
- cheat
- commercial
- consultancy
- distressed
- grandfather
- grim
- hand
- merger
- offshore
- pursue
- risky
- river
- run