International Monetary Fund

noun

1. an international organization that promotes the stabilization of the world's currencies and maintains a monetary pool from which member nations can draw in order to correct a deficit in their balance of payments: a specialized agency of the United Nations. : IMF, I.M.F.

International Monetary Fund

noun

1. an international financial institution organized in 1945 to promote international trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies. A fund is maintained out of which member nations with temporary balance-of-payments deficits may make withdrawals IMF

International Monetary Fund

1. An agency, dominated by wealthy nations, that lends money to developing nations .

Example Sentences

The best way to compare employment totals across many nations is through the International Monetary Fund.

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Specifically, the International Monetary Fund made a decision to provide Ukraine with a multi-billion-dollar lifeline.

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Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, is once again trying to pull Europe back from the brink.

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Egypt has already asked the International Monetary Fund for emergency aid of $4.8 billion.

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By 2017 the International Monetary Fund predicts, the GDP of China will overtake that of the United States.

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