Bank (disambiguation)

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A bank is a financial institution.

Bank may also refer to:

In natural geography:

• Bank (sea floor), a shallow area in a body of water
  • Georges Bank, near the US state of Massachusetts
  • Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland
  • Great Chagos Bank, the largest bank in the world, near Maldives
  • Saya de Malha Bank, near the Agalega Islands
• River bank or stream bank, the lateral confines of a stream bed, river, canal, or channel; see shore for a similar concept on non-channel waterways
• An earth bank, a construction of soil used to define land boundaries

In human geography:

• Bank Street (Ottawa), Ottawa's main street
• Bank Station (OC Transpo), a bus stop in Ottawa's downtown transit corridor
• The Banks, a huge development project in Cincinnati, Ohio
• The area of London close to the Bank of England, and to Bank and Monument stations

Bank may also be:

• BANK (art collective), a London art collective active in the 1990s
• Bank (tobacco), a brand of rolling tobacco.
• Bank engine (or Helper), on the Railways, a locomotive attached to the rear of a train, usually to add haulage power over a short distance
• Cylinder bank, a single row of cylinders in an internal combustion engine
• Bank paper, thin paper
• Data bank, a storage area for information in telecommunications
• Banked turn, a road surface set at an incline for better car stability
• The Bank (1915 film), a 1915 film staring Charlie Chaplin
• The Bank (2001 film), a 2001 film
• Bank shot, a shot in cue sports
• Bank shot, a type of shot used in Basketball
• Bank or roll, an aerobatic maneuver, also see flight dynamics

[edit] See also

• Banks
• Banker (disambiguation)
• Embankment
• Phone bank