单词 | reserve bank |
释义 | reserve bankn. A bank which holds the currency reserves of a nation, state, etc., or which is responsible for implementing its monetary policy; a central bank. Also in the names of particular institutions.Federal Reserve bank: see Federal Reserve n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > bank > other types of bank merchant bank1620 land-bank1696 private bank1696 paper bankc1720 national bank1736 bank of circulation1767 bank of deposit1767 corporate bank1780 state bank1791 branch bank1796 reserve bank1816 investment bank1824 bank of issue1831 commercial bank1838 red dog1838 wild cat1838 central bank1841 national bank1864 investment house1878 issue house1878 clearing-bank1883 issuing house1890 member bank1914 custodian1915 merchant banker1924 Swiss bank1949 development bank1950 Transcash1982 telephone bank1985 bancassurer1991 1816 Adams Centinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 20 Mar. It [sc. the Banking Bill]..provides for the extension of the Charters of the Bank of Marietta,..The Western Reserve Bank [etc.]. 1840 R. G. Latham Norway, & Norwegians I. xix. 215 Besides this, there was..a Reserve Bank of 269,000 silver dollars, with paper money to match. 1856 Times 11 Jan. 6/5 Rentes of the reserve bank and its branches, ex-bank 12,980,750 f. 14c. 1874 Daily News 19 Oct. 6/1 If it [sc. the Bank of England] is to be an ordinary bank at all as well as the reserve bank for the whole country, it can only perform its functions well in both capacities by enlarging its sphere. 1899 Polit. Sci. Q. 14 581 A central reserve bank, whose credit is unquestionable, is..enabled to meet the demand for money by issuing its notes. 1933 L. P. Ayres Econ. of Recovery ix. 130 Any banker having a $1,000 government bond can now take it to a Reserve Bank and borrow $1,000 on it. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 5 May The Reserve Bank of India is expected to announce shortly the results of the first of seven auctions from government gold stocks. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 9 Feb. 21/1 The Reserve Bank caused mortgage-holders to draw breath this week by setting out a case for an imminent interest rate rise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1816 |
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