The Troubled Asset Relief Program: a group of programmes created and run by the US Treasury to stabilize the country’s financial system, restore economic growth, and mitigate foreclosures in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis
This is being talked up as the TARP plan in government.
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 27/11/2018
TARP
noun
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tarpnoun
DEFINITIONS1
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The Troubled Asset Relief Program: a group of programmes created and run by the US Treasury to stabilize the country’s financial system, restore economic growth, and mitigate foreclosures in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis
This is being talked up as the TARP plan in government.
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 27/11/2018
tarp
noun countable mainly American
UK /tɑː(r)p/
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TARPnoun
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singular
tarp
plural
tarps
DEFINITIONS1
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a tarpaulin
Synonyms and related words
Layers and coverings
surface
cover
layer
tarp
noun countable
US /tɑrp/
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TARPnoun
Word Forms
singular
tarp
plural
tarps
DEFINITIONS1
1
a large piece of thick plastic or other material that you put over something to protect it from the rain