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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
- Example: "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply"
[syn: Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve, Fed, FRS]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Federal Reserve System n 1: 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" [syn: Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve, Fed, FRS]