Banks

//bæŋks// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of bank form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of bank form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land. countable, uncountable

    "Sir John being asked if he offered to put another name in his stead, he believes he did, and that Mr. Banks said, it might stand in his own name; he likewise said, he believed the colonel did not know it was the Company's stock, he having never told him it was, as he remembers."

  2. 2
    plural of Bank form-of, plural
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Pike County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Bradley County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Boise County, Idaho. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Fayette County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Antrim County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Washington County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A small village in Burtholme parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5664). countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A large village in North Meols parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3920). countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable

Example

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"Banks are cutting lending to industrial borrowers."

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