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a bank created by the state to buy private banks’ bad debts (=money owed to them that will never be paid) so that the private banks can continue to lend money

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a financial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from. The main banks used by ordinary people are called high-street banks

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an office of a bank

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someone who has an important position in a bank or other financial organization

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a financial organization in the UK in which people invest money to earn interest, and from which they can borrow money to buy a house or flat. A building society is similar to a bank but all its customers have a share in owning it.

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an office of one of these organizations

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a national bank that controls a nation’s policies on money and interest rates

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a bank that does business with other banks through a clearing house

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a central office that carries out the business that major banks do with one another

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a place where money and accounts were kept in the past

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an organization that looks after money that its members have saved and lends them money at low rates of interest

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the federal reserve

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the organization that controls the US national bank

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the national bank system in the US

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the person in charge of an institution such as a bank or prison

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in the United States, a bank that buys and sells large quantities of securities (=documents showing that someone owns a small part of a company)

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a person or a financial institution such as a bank that lends money

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a bank that provides financial services to companies, not people

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a building society

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a bank that people have a savings account with

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someone in South Asia who works in a bank or exchanges money of one country for money of another country

the district of London where many banks, financial institutions, and other big companies have their offices. It is also called the City of London or the City.

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someone whose job is to receive and pay out money in a bank

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a building society

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a bank or other organization that has the same responsibility

an international organization that lends money to countries that are members of the United Nations

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an area in central London where there are many large banks and other financial institutions. This is often used to refer to the institutions themselves