banque, n.f., bank, banking business; (print. office) wages, pay-day. Carnet de —; bank book. Mandat de la —; bank-post-bill. Succursale de —; branch bank. Compte de —; bank account. Assignation de —; bank transfer. Mettre à la —; to put in the bank. Faire la —; to be a banker. Action de la —; bank-stock. Billet de — de cinq livres; a five-pound bank-note. Avoir un compte en —; to have an account open at the bank. Faire sauter la —; to break the bank.
banqueroute (ban-kroot), n.f., bankruptcy. — frauduleuse; fraudulent bankruptcy. Faire —; to be bankrupt. Faire — à quelqu’un; to break one’s word. Faire — à l’honneur; to forfeit one’s honor.
banquerouti-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., bankrupt.
banquet, n.m., banquet, feast.
banqueter, v.n., to banquet, to feast.
banquette, n.f., bench; (fort.) banquette; outside (of a coach); footway (of a road). Jouer devant les —s; (theat.) to play to empty benches.
banquier, n.m., money-agent, banker.
banquise, n.f., ice-belt, ice-floe; bank (of fog).
bans, n.m.pl., (hunt.) litter for dogs.
bantam, n.m., bantam.