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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1. • Botanist

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

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Chief Executive Sean O'Connor:

   We don't have any magic science to it, the world is a more scary place for people and that's a good environment for (banks and brokers).

2. Esko Mustamaki:

   Banks have compliance rules that require more checks for us now, so anything where we need banks takes time. But so far, it hasn't affected our order intake, that could happen if a client would not want to do business with us for that reason.

3. Edmond Law:

   When banks don't have much pressure in growing their assets or loan books its relatively easy for them to control the NPLs, after listing if they are going to expand, if they are going to make more new loans ... that's when the risk comes in.

4. Nate Kaeding:

   Our local banks are good about taking active risks in small businesses that need a $50,000 to $100,000 loan.

5. Marek Belka:

   Anyway, (financial watchdog) KNF is going in that direction, when it forbids some banks from paying out dividends, thus strengthening (their) capital base and ability to cover losses, as a consequence, banks will have to save (in preparation) for worse times.

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