reserve bank

noun

: a central bank holding reserves of other banks

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This week the Federal Open Market Committee — the rate-setting panel that’s comprised of seven governors and five of the regional reserve bank presidents — voted 9-2 to leave rates unchanged. Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2025 All members of the Fed board are part of the FOMC, which also includes a rotation of regional reserve bank officials. Tobias Burns, The Hill, 30 July 2025 The reductions will be spread across the 3,000 employees in Washington and 21,000-some other staff in the 12 reserve banks throughout the country, the memo says. Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 The first $6 billion in remittances from reserve banks would be set aside each year between 2025 and 2029 to build up the reserve. Julia Shapero, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reserve bank

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reserve bank was in 1816

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“Reserve bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reserve%20bank. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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