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

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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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1. banks

   Song lyrics by banks -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by banks on the Lyrics.com website.

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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

Anagrams for banks »

1. nabks

How to pronounce banks?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Melekot Abate:

   It's hard to tap into the credit market in Kenya, most individuals have very little credit history or assets to seize so banks are unwilling to take the risk.

2. The BBA:

   In order to deliver the reforms on time - banks, the regulatory authorities and a number of government agencies will need to pull together to avoid any bottlenecks, in particular we’d like the regulators to try to put in place the new regime as quickly as possible to allow banks to make final decisions about how to structure their businesses.

3. Michael Kemmer:

   It is really important for banks that the FATF re-evaluates the situation in Iran, the supervisory standards require that business ties with banks that have high risks lead to higher capital and liquidity requirements.

4. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   The evidence that negative rates are harmful and not helpful has piled up to the point that the 'In Central Banks We Trust' mantra has finally been laid bare as a hoax.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   The House is about to vote on a budget deal -- a deal negotiated behind closed doors that slips in a provision that would let derivatives traders on Wall Street gamble with taxpayer money and get bailed out by the government when their risky bets threaten to blow up our financial system, these are the same banks that nearly broke the economy in 2008 and destroyed millions of jobs.

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