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central bank
noun
: a bank that does business with other banks and with the government and that controls a country's money supply and interest rates
Full Definition of CENTRAL BANK
: a national bank that operates to establish monetary and fiscal policy and to control the money supply and interest rate
— central banker noun
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First Known Use of CENTRAL BANK
1922
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