bank of issue
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bank of issue
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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By nightfall the best that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York could do was make an offer like London's: to share in another loan originating in some other central bank of issue.
From Time Magazine Archive
In November Fidel finally turned Cuba's economy over to Che by naming him to run the National Bank, which in addition to acting as Cuba's central bank and bank of issue controls foreign trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
A central bank of issue, Bank of England is owned by private individuals, operates independently of the state.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will be a clearing house for Reparations, not an international bank of issue, not a competitor with the great central banks as some have feared.
From Time Magazine Archive
Neither the acceptance of interest-paying deposits nor the flotation of securities can come within the province of a bank of issue.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
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