1: To put money in a bank.
2: To rely on
something or someone. (eg: I was banking on this happening).
3: A building where they charge you a fortune for the least little thing (eg: £
30 to tell you you're overdrawn). I went in one bank for an international money order. The women who dealt with them (no-one else was allowed the keys to the desk with the IMOs in) had
gone to lunch, wouldn't be back for another fifteen minutes. So, after a lot of hanging around the town centre, I went back to the bank only to find they didn't have any remaining IMOs. Given that IMOs are pieces of
paper with printed writing on them which the bank sell for £8 each, I'm sure it can't be a
case of them not being able to afford more with the profits they make (given that they also employ as few
people as possible to keep their profits up). They'll have some more IMOs 'soon'. Whether that means tomorrow, next week, next month or next year I
don't know. But you'd think they'd order more IMOs when they're running
low on them, not wait until after they've run out.