competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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bank
2
 (b  ngk)
KEY
NOUN:
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- A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged.
- The offices or building in which such an establishment is located.
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Games
- The funds of a gambling establishment.
- The funds held by a dealer or banker in some gambling games.
- The reserve pieces, cards, chips, or play money in some games, such as poker, from which the players may draw.
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- A supply or stock for future or emergency use:
a grain bank.
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Medicine
A supply of human tissues or other materials, such as blood, skin, or sperm, held in reserve for future use.
- A place of safekeeping or storage:
a computer's memory bank.
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Obsolete
A moneychanger's table or place of business.
VERB:
banked
,
bankˇing
,
banks
VERB:
tr.
- To deposit in or as if in a bank.
VERB:
intr.
- To transact business with a bank or maintain a bank account.
- To operate a bank.
PHRASAL VERB:
bank on
- To have confidence in; rely on.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English banke, from French banque, from Old Italian banca, bench, moneychanger's table, from Old High German banc
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