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noun
The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union, which normally implements monetary objectives by controlling interest rates, issuing currency, managing the national debt, overseeing banking and financial activities, and regulating the supply of money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: banking, business
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: national bank, reserve bank
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation
Narrower terms: European Central Bank, Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve, Fed, FRS, Bank of England, Bundesbank, Bank of Japan
History
From central (adjective) + bank (noun).
Across languages
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
