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Bank

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

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Acquirer 76% connected

A person who acquires.

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Bluff 76% connected

Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

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Riverside 76% connected

The side or bank of a river.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Array 76% connected

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

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Backlog 76% connected

A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.

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Container 76% connected

One who, or that which, contains.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Deposit 76% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Depositary 76% connected

One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.

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Depository 76% connected

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Incline 76% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

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Repository 76% connected

A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.

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Reserve 76% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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Ridge 76% connected

The back, or top of the back; a crest.

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Slope 76% connected

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Transact 76% connected

To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.

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Trust 76% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Manner of action 1

Redeposit 76% connected

To deposit again.

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Bankable 74% connected

Receivable at a bank.

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Bankable 74% connected

Receivable at a bank.

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Banker 74% connected

One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money…

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Banker 74% connected

One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money…

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Deposit 74% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Deposit 74% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Depositor 74% connected

One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository.

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Depositor 74% connected

One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository.

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Vault 70% connected

An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

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Synonym 11

Bet 92% connected

That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge;…

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Calculate 92% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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Camber 92% connected

An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

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Cant 92% connected

A corner; angle; niche.

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Count 92% connected

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

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Depend 92% connected

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

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Deposit 92% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Look 92% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Reckon 92% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Rely 92% connected

To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to h…

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Swear 92% connected

To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

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