What does BANKS mean?
Definitions for BANKS
bæŋksbanks
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word BANKS.
Princeton's WordNet
Banks, Sir Joseph Banksnoun
English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
ChatGPT
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
Banks
Banks is a town in Pike County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 179.
Editors Contribution
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
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.
Matched Categories
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BANKS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1553
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BANKS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3089
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Anagrams for BANKS »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of BANKS in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of BANKS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of BANKS in a Sentence
Banks have to make a sacrifice, they're lucky they aren't bankrupted or recording net losses.
Yellen made it clear that while the Fed still expects to continue on its gradual tightening path, policy was not on a pre-set course and would respond appropriately to developments, the real test may come later, if markets continue to deteriorate and look to central banks to save them. Are policymakers' guns loaded with blanks?
It's a river of lava that overflowed its banks and affected the El Rodeo village. There are injured, burned and dead people, we have 7 confirmed dead, 4 adults and 3 kids, who were already taken to the morgue.
The Eurobond market is traditionally important for Russian banks as a source of funding, but it is not the decisive source, it is better to have access, but if there is no access then banks find alternative sources. The economy needs financing and will be financed.
As other banks have been doing for some time, Credit Suisse is introducing negative interest rates for clients with very high Swiss franc cash holdings, the reason for this is the persistent negative interest rate environment.
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