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

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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

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

   US English

   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. Chrystalla Georghadji:

   We hope that there will be no problems in Greece, but if there are any problems, the banks here are ring-fenced.

2. Reinhard Cluse:

   We have been seeing an across-the-board improvement to banks' willingness to lend and also in the demand for credit, we are making good progress in healing the European banking sector but we are coming from a very low base. The way to recovery is still long. We shouldn't expect any miracles.

3. Allan Small:

   Everyone was predicting doom and gloom for the banks and look at them, four of the five raised dividends, yes, their loan loss provision are higher, but you've got to expect that.

4. Nicolas Veron:

   It's not that banks in other countries don't have problems, but in Italy it's more widespread, because you have lots of small banks that do not have the shock absorption capacity you find in bigger banks, a third of the banks that failed the ECB tests were Italian, but since then not much has happened.

5. Frederic Oudea:

   Of course, it is not a matter of returning to the banks pre-crisis race for balance sheet size...but rather one of ensuring that there will still be some European banking institutions capable of meeting the needs of international clients operating around the world.

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