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Meaning of Fed | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
fɛd

Definitions

  1. Clipping of Federal Reserve (The Federal Reserve Board or System)
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  2. A federal government officer or official.
  3. Federal Reserve System. Alternative spelling of Fed.
  4. Initialism of flight-time equivalent dose.
  5. A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
  6. A police officer.
    Multicultural-London-English, slang
  7. Initialism of field emission display.
  8. Clipping of federation.
  9. The Canadian federal government.
    Canada, in-plural

Equivalents

Deutsch eingespeist
Français fed
Kurdî fêd

Examples

“That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!”
“A person is saying that the protester shot in the head by the feds with non lethals is in the hospital, doctors saying they don’t think they will make it. Holy fuck, I’m speechless.”
“Hi. I should have made this clearer earlier. I will now. I have worked with feds. I have worked with foreign special forces who may well have been trained by the guys shooting at you from the courthouse. These are not cops. They are not even similar.”
“Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.”
“Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.”
“So, the FED Chairman chose to reassure all concerns, promising "a lasting expansion in economic activity while continuing progress against inflation.”
“The extent of independence of the Federal Reserve Board (FED) from the executive branch has been a topic of ongoing study by economists and political scientists.”
“Positive news was consolidated for economic performance, while the bond market diverged from the opinions expressed by the FED.”
“Consolidates the Federal Reserve Banks (FED) and monetary authority functions undertaken by the central government.”
“So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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