Sachs
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from German [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
"The stock is up more-than 45% this year, putting AmEx slightly ahead of Goldman Sachs (GS). Like Goldman and other top financial stocks, Amex has thrived during the past few months as the economy has roared back to life following the brief Covid recession last year and consumers started spending again."
Example
More examples"In 2001, the financial group Goldman Sachs concluded that Brazil, Russia, India and China would be the "bricks" of the global economy, giving rise to the acronym "BRIC"."
Etymology
From the German surname, from Sachse (“Saxon”).
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