Definitions for banks
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1. Banks, Sir Joseph Banks(noun)

   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. banks

   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.

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?

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   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. Dan Neidle:

   The bank levy is simply a bad tax. It pushes business away from the UK, and it penalises banks for engaging in low risk business.

2. Karl Tachelet:

   While it is clearly an important result, it is only one feature in a universe of other measures that China foresees for its steel sector, these include direct subsidies, soft loans from state banks, VAT (value-added tax) rebates on some product categories, energy and input subsidies, and occasionally direct grants, among others.

3. State John Kerry:

   Banks in Europe are allowed to open accounts for Iran; banks in Europe are allowed to do business; banks in Europe can fund programs, lend money, that's absolutely open for business as long as it's not a designated entity. Period. Very simple.

4. Ted Osborn:

   Banks are under increased pressure from regulators to lower their NPL ratios, more loans are being offloaded to state-owned asset management companies and other players in the market.

5. Mark Ranta:

   Mint makes it so I don't have to go to the individual bank sites, they [banks] don't have the opportunity to cross-sell me.

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