Used in a Sentence

banks

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for banks.

Editorial note

Insikt was born out of our realization that banks will not be the lenders of tomorrow – brands will.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of banks gathered in one view.

noun

An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

A town in Pike County, Alabama.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for banks.

noun

An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

A town in Pike County, Alabama.

noun

A town in Bradley County, Arkansas.

Example sentences

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Insikt was born out of our realization that banks will not be the lenders of tomorrow – brands will.

2

The federal antitrust commission intervened after banks filed a lawsuit to stop Sofort from using their websites.

3

Ideally banks would provide a nice API, but without a good enough reason they're just not interested.

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Major banks, hedge funds, startups, government and enterprise are lining up simultaneously as customers and investors.

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DKB) now started to cooperate with Sofort instead and the German banks will start a similar service themselves this year.

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The basic premise is you put in half moon banks every n 100 meters.

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Unfortunately, banks are technically backward and don't realise they're dumb vaults yet, much in the same way phone carriers are dumb pipes.

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If I remember correctly, a number of banks specify that providing credentials to a third party isn't allowed.

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I think some banks provide a view only access so you can give it to sites like mint.

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He was hurling dynamite at avalanche banks when I found him, coding amazing apps with little revenue potential.

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If we had banks small enough to fail, they'd still concentrate but to a much smaller degree.

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Slate also documents the banks going public, again prior to repealing Glass-Steagall.

Quote examples

1

It'll be, "before the government started helping, we lived off food stamps and food banks, but it was never enough.

2

Banks are providing more and more "Mint-like" analytic services for their customers.

3

The "nice API" comment is something that struck me after using mint for a couple years: there are banks/brokerages out there who are set up for this sort of thing and handle it well: tokens, revocation, etc.

Proper noun examples

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Banks generally don't like it (for obvious security/privacy reasons), but are cautious in actually preventing it.

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Banks are pretty much the only institution that's allowed to commingle client funds with their own funds, and they're subject to a whole bunch of extra regulations and scrutiny as a result.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use banks in a sentence?

Insikt was born out of our realization that banks will not be the lenders of tomorrow – brands will.

What does banks mean?

An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.

What part of speech is banks?

banks is commonly used as noun.