banks
IPA: bˈæŋks
Root Word: Banks
noun
- An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Pike County, Alabama.
- A town in Bradley County, Arkansas.
- A census-designated place in Boise County, Idaho.
- A township in Fayette County, Iowa.
- A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
- A city in Washington County, Oregon.
- A township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- A small village in Burtholme parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5664).
- A large village in North Meols parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3920).
- An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Examples of "banks" in Sentences
- Banks and financiers are at the top of the pyramid.
- It does not reduce the vast menagerie of financial companies that compete with banks.
- Propping up the banks is an inefficient way to help the economy, and that is being kind.
- "The term banks funded their $1 billion [commitment to Fontainebleau]," Kasowitz told us.
- A list of those banks can be found online at winnebagotreasurer. com/participating _banks. html
- It's clear that less advances by the banks is the one of the major factors for the underdevelopment in Orissa.
- "Blaming the banks is a bit inconvenient for a government that wants to blame the overspend in the public sector," said Greenham.
- But in the short term banks across the eurozone might have to be closed to prevent a run on the single currency as investors speculated about which country might be next.
- Obama¡¯s dramatic proposals, announced on Thursday, would prevent banks from investing in, owning or sponsoring a hedge fund or private equity fund, and set a new limit on banks¡¯ size in relation to the financial sector.
- In November China\'s banks packaged and then sold $18.6 billion in loans to Chinese trust companies, removing those loans from the banks\ 'balance sheets, Shanghai Benefit Investment Consulting has told the Wall Street Journal.
- Resistance & Recovery Week of Action (against banks) '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' In response to the unfair bailout of banks and the banks\ 'stranglehold on Congress, Jobs With Justice is holding a Week of Action to Demand a Real Economic Recovery for Working People, September 24-October 1, 2009.'