Definition of Banks

1. Noun. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).

Exact synonyms: Sir Joseph Banks
Generic synonyms: Botanist, Phytologist, Plant Scientist

Definition of Banks

1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of bank) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of bank) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Banks

1. bank [v] - See also: bank

Lexicographical Neighbors of Banks

Bangladeshi monetary unit
Bangladeshis
Banglish
Bangor
Bangsian
Bangui
Banjul
Bank Holiday
Bank Holidays
Bank of England
Bank of Japan
Bankhead
Bankia
Bankia setaceae
Bankon
Banks (current term)
Banksia integrifolia
Banksian
Bannian
Bannians
Bannister's disease
Bannock
Bannockburn
Bannwarth's syndrome
Banquine
Banstead
Bantam
Bantam work
Banti's disease
Banti's syndrome

Literary usage of Banks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting by American Bankers Association, Indian Territory Bar Association, Savings Bank Division (1907)
"In Connecticut and Massachusetts laws have been passed in regulation of the operation of savings departments by banks other than savings banks and providing ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Gradual conversion of state banks Into national banks; suspension of specie ... Table: names of old state banks, circulation In 1869, date at which their ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"In November 1678 another tragedy by Banks, the ' Destruction of Troy,' was acted at the Dorset Garden Theatre, and printed in 1679. ..."

4. OECD Economic Surveys by OECD Staff (2004)
"Most pocket banks are best understood as tools of business groupings or ... Whether pocket banks or not, many larger Russian banks are closely affiliated ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1904)
"Banks. New York. Official code amendments for Bliss's code. ... Banks & Co. New York. The code of criminal procedure of the state : being chapter 442, ..."

6. Bulletin Mount Verno (1907)
"This old bluff is quite comparable to the freshly cut red "clay banks" which ... For three miles or more through the village of Clay Banks the old bluffs ..."

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