central bank

Noun CEFR B2

ˌsɛntɹ(ə)l ˈbæŋk

Definitions

The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union, which normally implements monetary objectives by controlling interest rates, issuing currency, managing the national debt, overseeing banking and financial activities, and regulating the supply of money.

Equivalents

Españolbanco central

Françaisbanque centrale

DeutschNotenbank Zentralbank

32 more languages

Afrikaanssentrale bank

العربيةبَنْك مَرْكَزِيّ

Azərbaycan dilimərkəzi bank

Catalàbanc central

Češtinacentrální banka

Cymraegbanc canolog

Danskcentralbank

فارسیبانک مرکزی

Suomikeskuspankki

עבריתבַּנְק מֶרְכָּזִי

हिन्दीकेंद्रीय बैंक

Magyarjegybank központi bank

Հայերենկենտրոնական բանկ

Bahasa Indonesiabank sentral

Íslenskaseðlabanki

Italianobanca centrale

日本語中央銀行

한국어중앙은행

Lietuviųcentrinis bankas

Bahasa Melayubank pusat

Nederlandscentrale bank

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਬੈਂਕ

Polskibank centralny bank emisyjny

Portuguêsbanco central

Românăbancă centrală

Русскийцентральный банк

Svenskacentralbank riksbank

Kiswahilibenki kuu

Тоҷикӣбонки марказӣ

Türkmençemerkezi bank

Türkçemerkez bankası

O'zbekchamarkaziy bank

Examples

“The first necessity of a Central Bank, charged with responsibility for the management of the monetary system as a whole, is to make ⟳ sure that it has an unchallengeable control ⟳ over the total volume of bank-money created by its Member Banks.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Central Bedfordshire Central Bohemian Region Central Bridge central business district Central Buyagan Central Canada

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