[f. BANK sb.3]
1. intr. To keep a bank, act as a banker. (Chiefly in ppl. adj. and vbl. sb., as in banking-house, etc.)
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., Banker, a person who banks, that is, negotiates and trafficks in money.
2. intr. To deposit money or keep an account with a banker.
1833. Ht. Martineau, Berkeley, I. i. 4. A man who brings a splendid capital, and will, no doubt, bank with us at D——.
1880. Howells, Undisc. Country, vi. 103. You’ll have to bank with me to the extent of tickets home.
3. trans. To deposit in a bank. Also, to convert into current money, ‘realize.’
1864. Sala, in Daily Tel., 11 Oct., 5/3. Those who have … banked their greenbacks.
1868. Daily News, 2 Sept. If parliament were to bank this whole estate.
4. intr. To form a ‘bank’ at a gaming-table; to play against all comers.
1826. Disraeli, Viv. Grey, V. xiii. 239. The plan will be for two to bank against the table.
