banks
/ˈbæŋks/
banks is the plural of bank.
banks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bank.
Meaning of bank
Noun
bank (countable and uncountable, plural banks)
- An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the...2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71
- A branch office of such an institution.
- Synonyms:
- Lombard house
- An underwriter or controller of a card game.
- A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Usury”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
- The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
- Money; profit.
- Military dude was working for a drug dealer, right? and making good bank with it—he was making good money.2010, Paul Bouchard, Enlistment, page 113
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Banks
Banks (countable and uncountable, plural Bankses)
- An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.
- 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.1811, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England
- 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.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Banks
Banks
- plural of Bank
Forms of banks
| plural | Bankses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Bangs |
Words formed from banks
Phrases with banks
- banks on
- banks up
- bad banks
- egg banks
- eye banks
- fog banks
- pig banks
- baby banks
- Clay Banks
- cuss banks
- data banks
- food banks
62 more phrasesFewer phrases
- gene banks
- gold banks
- heat banks
- land banks
- left banks
- load banks
- seed banks
- snow banks
- time banks
- turf banks
- vote banks
- wank banks
- warm banks
- blood banks
- cloud banks
- Grand Banks
- nappy banks
- Outer Banks
- paper banks
- penny banks
- phone banks
- piggy banks
- power banks
- right banks
- river banks
- spank banks
- sperm banks
- Swiss banks
- beetle banks
- bottle banks
- diaper banks
- direct banks
- filter banks
- letter banks
- Lovely Banks
- narrow banks
- retail banks
- shadow banks
- Taiwan Banks
- zombie banks
- central banks
- loading banks
- private banks
- reserve banks
- savings banks
- warping banks
- wildcat banks
- banks of issue
- Barclays Banks
- clearing banks
- down the banks
- merchant banks
- Normandy banks
- universal banks
- challenger banks
- commercial banks
- investment banks
- mechanical banks
- run on the banks
- joint-stock banks
- runs on the banks
- mutual savings banks
Words that rhyme with banks
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Questions about banks
- What does banks mean?
- Banks means an English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.
- What is banks the plural of?
- Banks is the plural of bank.
- What part of speech is banks?
- Banks is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce banks?
- Banks is pronounced /ˈbæŋks/.
Words near banks in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: banks (page history and authors); Banks (page history and authors); bank (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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