English noun: central bank | |||
1. | central bank (group) a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | ||
Broader (hypernym) | financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Bank of England, Bank of Japan, Bundesbank, European Central Bank, Fed, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve System, FRS | ||