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Meaning of "APACS" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF APACS

APACS  [ˈæpæks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APACS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Apacs is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APACS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

UK Payments Administration

The UK Payments Administration Ltd is a United Kingdom trade organisation that brings together all payment systems organisations and gives banks, building societies and card issuers a forum where they can work together on non-competitive issues. It covers most forms of payments within the UK including cash, credit cards, debit cards, cheques, and automated payments such as direct debits, salary payments and online/phone transactions. It has been responsible for the creation of rules regarding customer liability in cases of card and cheque fraud and starting in 2004 oversaw and guided the transition of debit cards to Chip and PIN. UKPA was created on 6 July 2009, as a direct successor of the Association for Payment Clearing Services to act as a portal company for each of the respective sectors of UK payment services such as BACS, CHAPS, the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company, and other businesses.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APACS


Ajax
ˈeɪdʒæks
axe
æks
Backs
bæks
carapax
ˈkærəˌpæks
DAX
dæks
Fairfax
ˈfɛəfæks
fax
fæks
Halifax
ˈhælɪˌfæks
hapax
ˈhæpæks
lax
læks
max
mæks
pax
pæks
relax
rɪˈlæks
sax
sæks
syntax
ˈsɪntæks
Tampax
ˈtæmpæks
tax
tæks
telefax
ˈtɛlɪfæks
tracks
træks
wax
wæks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APACS

Aorangi-Mount Cook
aorist
aoristic
aoristically
aorta
aortae
aortal
aortic
aortitis
aortographic
aortography
Aosta
Aotearoa
aoudad
Aouita

WORDS THAT END LIKE APACS

ARCS
AWACS
BACS
BRCS
CCS
ECS
FRACS
FRCS
FRICS
HMCS
ICS
JCS
LRCS
MRCS
OCS
OECS
PCS
RCS
RICS

Synonyms and antonyms of APACS in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «APACS» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APACS

Find out the translation of APACS to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of APACS from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «APACS» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

APACS
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

APACS
570 millions of speakers

English

APACS
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

APACS
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

APACS
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

APACS
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

APACS
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

APACS
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

APACS
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

APACS
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

APACS
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

APACS
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

APACS
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

APACS
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

APACS
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏபிஏசிஎஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

APACS
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

APACS
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

APACS
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

APACS
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

APACS
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

APACS
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

APACS
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

APACS
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

APACS
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

apacs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of APACS

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APACS»

The term «APACS» is normally little used and occupies the 117.642 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APACS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about APACS

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APACS»

Discover the use of APACS in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to APACS and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Electronic Banking and Treasury Security
APACS was subsequently set up in December 1985 as an unincorporated association of payment service providers. Its principal task is to oversee the management, orderly development and operation of the national payment, clearing and ...
Brian Welch, 1999
2
Asian and Pacific Islander Migration to the United States: A ...
Generally, among the remaining (net) prior entry APAC persons, between 45% and 60% had first come as tourists, while 25% to 38% had been students, with the latter percentages consistently greater than that for Non-APACs (tables 12 and ...
Elliott Robert Barkan, 1992
3
Corporate Hacking and Technology-driven Crime: Social ...
APACS. (2005b) 'UK card fraud losses reach £504.8m: criminals increase their efforts as chip and PIN starts to make its mark', APACS press release, 8 March, London: APACS, at www. apacs.org.uk/downloads/cardfraudfigures%20 ...
Thomas J. Holt, Bernadette H. Schell, 2010
4
Electrorheological Fluids: Modeling and Mathematical Theory
independently of the individual APACS components, also the overhead involved in building new APACS systems for similar situations (i.e., feedwater systems of power plants). An APACS prototype has been built for diagnosing certain classes  ...
Michael Ruzicka, 2000
5
Cybercrime: The Transformation of Crime in the Information Age
APACS (2005a) The UK Payments Industry: A Review of 2004, London: APACS at www.apacs.org.uk/downloads/Annual Review 2004.pdf. APACS (2005b) 'UK card fraud losses reach £504.8m: criminals increase their efforts as chip and PIN  ...
David Wall, 2007
6
Ellinger's Modern Banking Law
These recommendations were imple- mented in full in 1985 with the formation of a single umbrella body, APACS, which acquired control of the various clearing systems and accordingly took over one of the CLCB's major functions. One of the  ...
E.P. Ellinger, E. Lomnicka, C. Hare, 2011
7
United Kingdom: Financial Sector Assessment Program ...
Some concern existed that APACS' role had the potential to reduce the effectiveness of scheme governance. During the period of this assessment, these issues contributed to the development of proposals to reform APACS' role and to clarify ...
International Monetary Fund, 2003
8
Understanding Public Perceptions: Trust and Engagement in ...
References. [I] R. Anderson, M. Bond, and S. Murdoch, Chip and Spin, University of Cambridge, 2006, www.Chipandspin.co.uk. [2] APACS, www.apacs.org.uk/ index.html. [3] APACS Press Release. www.apacs.org.uk/2007Fraud ...
Piotr Cofta, Steven Furnell, 2008
9
Banking on Innovation: Modernisation of Payment Systems
The central bank played a constructive role in establishing the Association of Payment Clearing Services (APACS) back in the early-1980s (APACS 1984). APACS serves as an umbrella industry payment body that manages three major  ...
Tanai Khiaonarong, Jonathan Liebena, 2009
10
Personal internet security: 5th report of session 2006-07, ...
Present Broers, L (Chairman) Mitchell, L Erroll, E O'Neill of Clackmannan, L Harris of Haringey, L Paul, L Hilton of Eggardon, B Young of Graffham, L Howie of Troon, L Memorandum by APACS APACS welcomes this opportunity to provide ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APACS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term APACS is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Intl badminton referee Gyaneshwor
... referee Hodam Gyaneshwor of Manipur as chief referee to officiate the Condensate Apacs Kazakhstan International Series (Badminton) to be ... «E-Pao.net, Jul 15»
2
Helpdesk Manager
Featured clients. Mears Group APACS ONI Boehringer CCLA More clients. Ashdown Group · Terms · Cookies · Privacy Policy · Site Map © 1999 | 2015. «ashdowngroup.com, May 15»
3
LAN Desk Specialist
Featured clients. Mears Group APACS ONI Boehringer CCLA More clients · Ashdown Group · Terms · Cookies · Privacy Policy · Site Map © 1999 | 2015. «ashdowngroup.com, May 15»
4
Graduate Software Developer
Featured clients. Mears Group APACS ONI Boehringer CCLA More clients · Ashdown Group · Terms · Cookies · Privacy Policy · Site Map © 1999 | 2015. «ashdowngroup.com, May 15»
5
IT Life: Securing Our SIM Cards
It took a massive education campaign led by what was then APACs (now the Payments Council) to educate consumers on how to use PIN ... «TechWeekEurope UK, Apr 15»
6
Purple League champs Muar City finally lose one
Apacs is one of our main sponsors, thus ensuring the players are committed to our cause. “We could have secured the title earlier if not ... «The Star Online, Feb 15»
7
Cheque use plummets in the UK
Speaking to Computer Weekly in 2009, a spokesperson at the Association of Payments and Clearing Services (Apacs) – later replaced by UK ... «ComputerWeekly.com, Dec 14»
8
Barclays expands cheque payment technology
Speaking to Computer Weekly then, a spokesperson at the Association of Payments and Clearing Services (Apacs), which was replaced by UK ... «ComputerWeekly.com, Dec 14»
9
Malware Based Credit Card Breach at Kmart
... device didn't necessarily work with another bank's card unless they adhered to the APACS sub-standard. APACS replaced in 2009 by UKPA. «Krebs on Security, Oct 14»
10
The lionfish hunters
First, APACS members taught locals how to fish for lionfish; then in 2012 ... the members of APACS realized they would have to make lionfish a ... «The Tico Times, Oct 14»

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