CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
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Terms in this context
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banishment in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
- definition rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
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banister in CommonParlance
- definition a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
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banjo in CommonParlance
- definition a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
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bank in CommonParlance
- definition sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- definition a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
- definition a long ridge or pile
- definition an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
- definition a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- definition the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
- definition a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
- definition a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
- definition a building in which the business of banking is transacted
- definition a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
- definition tip laterally
- definition enclose with a bank
- definition do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
- definition act as the banker in a game or in gambling
- definition be in the banking business
- definition put into a bank account
- definition cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
- definition have faith or confidence in
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bank account in CommonParlance
- definition a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals
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bank bill in CommonParlance
- definition a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
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bank building in CommonParlance
- definition a building in which the business of banking is transacted
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bank card in CommonParlance
- definition a payment card issued by a bank
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bank charter in CommonParlance
- definition a charter authorizing the operation of a bank
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bank check in CommonParlance
- definition a written order directing a bank to pay money
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bank clerk in CommonParlance
- definition an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
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bank closing in CommonParlance
- definition act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure
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bank commissioner in CommonParlance
- definition a commissioner appointed to supervise banks; a state superintendent of banks
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bank deposit in CommonParlance
- definition money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
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bank discount in CommonParlance
- definition interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
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bank draft in CommonParlance
- definition a draft drawn by a bank against funds deposited in another bank
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bank examination in CommonParlance
- definition an examination of the affairs and records of a bank by a state or federal bank examiner
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bank examiner in CommonParlance
- definition an examiner appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction
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bank failure in CommonParlance
- definition the inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations
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bank gravel in CommonParlance
- definition gravel as found in natural deposits
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bank guard in CommonParlance
- definition a security guard at a bank
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bank holding company in CommonParlance
- definition a holding company owning or controlling one or more banks
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bank holiday in CommonParlance
- definition any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain
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bank identification number in CommonParlance
- definition an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
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bank line in CommonParlance
- definition the maximum credit that a customer is allowed