[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bank \bank\, v. t. imp.  p. p. bankedba^ngkt; p. pr. 
   vb. n. banking.
   1. to raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
      fortify with a bank; to embank. "banked well with earth."
      --holland.
      1913 webster

   2. to heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
      1913 webster

   3. to pass by the banks of. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. engineering to build a roadway or railroad with an
      inclination at a curve in the road, so as to counteract
      centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly
      around the curve, thus reducing the danger of vehicles
      overturning at a curve; as, the raceway was steeply banked
      at the curves.
      pjc

   to bank a fire, to bank up a fire, to cover the coals or
      embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
      but alive.
      1913 webster
see also:
banked banking to bank a fire to bank up a fire 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

banking \bank"ing\, n.
   the business of a bank or of a banker.
   1913 webster

   banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a
      firm by whom, banking is done.
      1913 webster banknote
see also:
banking house 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

banking
     n 1: engaging in the business of banking; maintaining savings and
          checking accounts and issuing loans and credit etc.
     2: transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing
        funds or requesting a loan etc.

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 moby thesaurus words for "banking":
   acrobatics, aerobatics, chandelle, crabbing, dive, diving,
   fishtailing, glide, investment banking, money changing,
   money dealing, nose dive, power dive, pull-up, pullout, pushdown,
   rolling, sideslip, spiral, stall, stunting, tactical maneuvers,
   volplane, zoom

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