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“tank” in English

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tanknoun [ C ]

uk ​ /tæŋk/ us ​ /tæŋk/

tank noun [ C ] (CONTAINER)

C2 a container that holds liquid or gas:

a water tank
a fuel/petrol tank

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tankverb [ I ]

uk ​ /tæŋk/ us ​ /tæŋk/ informal

Phrasal verb(s)

tank up

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“tank” in American English

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tanknoun [ C ]

us ​ /tæŋk/

tank noun [ C ] (CONTAINER)

› a container that holds liquid or gas:

a water tank
fuel/gas/oxygen tanks
a fish tank

tank noun [ C ] (VEHICLE)

› an enclosed military vehicle that travels on metal belts turned by wheels and is armed with large guns

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“tank” in Business English

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tanknoun [ C ]

uk ​ /tæŋk/ us ​

› a container for holding liquid or gas:

a fuel/gas/propane tank

› the contents of a tank, or the amount that it will hold:

a tank of sth The car can be driven 500 miles on a single 10-gallon tank of gas.
in the tank

› informal US in a very bad state or situation, especially because of being too low in price, value, etc.:

People will not agree to this sort of spending if the economy is in the tank.
It is not surprising that the company's shares are in the tank, recently hitting a 52-week low of 15.40.

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tankverb [ I ]

uk ​ /tæŋk/ us ​ informal

› to suddenly begin to have serious problems, especially by falling a lot in price, value, etc.:

The state was expecting an increase in tax revenues, but that was before the economy tanked.
Car exports in the year to April tanked 23%.

(Definition of “tank” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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