ENGLISH FOR JUNIOR STUDENTS

British Government; have money in the bank, bank clerk, clerk
working in a bank.
bank-bill n – bill drawn by one bank upon another bank.
bank-book n – (also passbook) book containing a record of a
customer’s bank account.
bank draft – bank bill.
bank holiday n – (GB) one of those days (not Sundays) on
which banks are closed by law, usu. kept as general holidays
(e.g. Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day); (US) any
weekday on which banks are closed.
banknote n – piece of paper money issued by a bank.
bank-rate n – rate at which the Bank of England (or other
national bank) will discount bills.
bankroll n – roll of paper money.
2. (gambling) sum of money held by the keeper of the gaming
table, from which he pays his losses.
3. (place for storing) reserve supplies.
blood bank n
bank v – 1. place (money) in a bank. He banks half his salary
every month.
2. bank (with), keep money in a bank. Who do you bank with.
bankrupt n – (legal) person judged by a law court to be unable
to pay his debts in full, his property being distributed for the
benefit of his creditors.
bankrupt adj – unable to pay one’s debts: go bankrupt.
bankrupt in / of – completely without. The newspapers accused
the Government of being bankrupt in ideas.
bankrupt v – make bankrupt.
bankruptcy n – bankrupt condition. There were ten
bankruptcies in the town last year.
3. way n – 1. road, street, path, etc. in compounds: railway, byway.
A way across the fields. There is no way through.
pave the way for – prepare for, prepare people to accept (reforms
etc.)
2. route, road (to be, used) from one place to another. Which
is the best / right / quickest / shortest etc. way there / from A to
B? Can you find your way home?
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