Federal Reserve System
noun
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the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply
Types & categories
- central bank hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Federal Reserve Bank member meronym
- national bank member meronym
- member bank member meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Federal Reserve Bank |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | national bank |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | member bank |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | central bank |