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central reserve

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noun

  1. US and Austral name: median strip.  Canadian name: median.  the strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Police, central reserve forces, the army and plainclothes officers were deployed on Khartoum's Airport Road to block the protests.

From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2022

In Manhattan and Chicago, the two "central reserve" cities, the reserve requirement for demand deposits is 13%.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most of the other eight central reserve banks will soon follow; the cuts are expected to lead to lower interest rates to boost loans and business expansion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nations also need a new medium of exchange to replace the dollar as the world's central reserve currency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Against the $1,125 deposited with it the central reserve bank is required to hold only 25 per cent. of reserves—$281.25.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

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