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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Banks, Sir Joseph Banksnoun

    English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

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  1. banks

    Banks are financial institutions that are licensed to receive deposits and make loans. They also offer other financial services, including wealth management, currency exchange, and safe deposit boxes. Banks play a crucial role in the economy by facilitating transactions, safeguarding money, extending credit, and providing financial products such as certificates of deposit and savings accounts. They can be either commercial, retail, investment banks, or a combination of these, depending on their business model.

Wikidata

  1. Banks

    Banks is a town in Pike County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 179.

Editors Contribution

  1. banksnoun

    Plural noun and verb form of the word bank.

    The national banks were regulated by the government and told to ensure they had an agreed amount of capital reserves.


    Submitted by MaryC on July 7, 2016  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BANKS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Banks is ranked #292 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Banks surname appeared 105,833 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 36 would have the surname Banks.

    54.5% or 57,690 total occurrences were Black.
    39.2% or 41,561 total occurrences were White.
    2.9% or 3,154 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.4% or 2,593 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.4% or 455 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.3% or 381 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Banks' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1553

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Banks' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3089

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Banks in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Banks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Banks in a Sentence

  1. Lena Komileva:

    But it does suggest a capitulation in investor confidence in the ability of central banks to reflate global growth or prevent another downturn. And that's not a good confidence signal.

  2. Sergei Guriev:

    They have already forced government exporters to sell their dollars, and same will happen for banks I guess, so in a sense, capital controls are already in place.

  3. Mike Amey:

    We do think the BoE would cut rates in the event of a Brexit, to zero (but not below), for other central banks, we do not see a Brexit as a systemic event so we doubt other central banks would have to respond directly to any market fallout.

  4. Rob Bryngelson:

    We've had banks, infrastructure funds, MLPs (Master Limited Partnerships), interest from suppliers. Nothing has really tickled our fancy yet and let me make it clear we're not actively marketing our company.

  5. Regina Rice:

    It is understandable that Ernie's family is concerned at this very sad time. However, the record and those closest to Ernie Banks will dispel any iota of concern regarding my relationship with Ernie Banks and Ernie Banks trust in me to carrying out Ernie Banks wishes.

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