bank rate noun the rate of interest charged by a bank for lending money, which is fixed by a central bank in a country

bank-roll /'baeqkraul; NAmE -roul/ verb, noun m verb [VN] (informal, especially NAmE) to support sb/sth by giving money W&J;      Em finance: They

claimed his campaign had been bankrolled with drug money.

m noun (especially NAmE) a supply of money :     He is

the candidate with the biggest campaign bankroll, ftfe M

Ao

bank-rupt/'baBrjkrApt/ adj., noun, verb m adj. 1 without enough money to pay what you owe f1; #ij cm insolvent : They went bankrupt in 1993. #, fil 7 1993 7       7* 0   0 The company was

declared bankrupt in the High Court. feKtp-2 ~ (of sth) (formal, disapproving) completely lacking in anything that has value % 7 7. (     ) :     a government bankrupt of new

ideas        <> a society that is morally

bankrupt

h noun (law #) a person who has been judged by a court to be unable to pay his or her debts ( )

a verb [VN] to make sb bankrupt 7 :    The company

was almost bankrupted by legal costs.      i#t

bank rupt cy /‘baerjkrAptsi/ noun [U, C] (pi. -ies) the state of being bankrupt $£ 7 ECT71 insolvency :        The

company filed for bankruptcy (= asked to be officially bankrupt) in 2003.        2003 ¥££7®?*$ilt

0 moral/political bankruptcy if HE          (ft ® j*:1

0 There could be further bankruptcies among small farmers.

'bank statement (also state-ment) noun a printed record of all the money paid into and out of a cus­tomer’s bank account within a particular period #■ ( ) ban ner /'baena(r)/ noun a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show support for sth It ip|: Protesters carried a banner reading ‘Save our Wildlife’.

'banner ad noun an advertisement across the top or bottom or down the side of a page on the Internet ( JL

iKWii&niigr#,    mmr&

.banner 'headline noun a line of words printed in large letters across the front page of a newspaper (

.banner 'year noun (NAmE) a year in which sth is espe­cially successful        7

bannister = banister

banns /baenz/ noun [pi.] a public statement in church that two people intend to marry each other ( Wl ^ ®

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ban-offi pie (also ba.n-offee 'pie) /ba.mifi 'pai; NAmE ba.noifi; -,na:f-/ noun a sweet food made with toffee, bananas, and cream

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banquet /'baerjkwit/ noun 1 a formal meal for a large number of people, usually for a special occasion, at which speeches are often made %■£-, 'yf :      a state

banquet in honour of the visiting President ^Wl^2a large impressive meal ban-quet-ing /'baegkwitirj/ adj. connected with ban­quets  a banqueting hall 'S^ff

ban-quette /baerj'ket/ noun a long soft seat along a wall in a restaurant, etc. (

ban shee /baen'Ji:; ‘baenji:/ noun (in Irish stories) a female spirit who gives a long sad cry as a warning to people that sb in their family is going to die soon (% ) ban tam /'baentam/ noun a type of small chicken ban tam-weight /‘baentamweit/ noun a boxer weigh­ing between 51 and 53.5 kilograms, or a wrestler who weighs between 52 and 57 kilograms, heavier