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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

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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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The three central reserve cities, where cash is required, with only trifling deductions, are New York, Chicago and St Louis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

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