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central reserve

British  

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

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

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Reserve city and central reserve city banks can use all vault cash over 1% of net demand deposits, v. the current 2%, in meeting reserve requirements.

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With this arrangement succor can be easily and rapidly carried to a threatened point, which could not be done were there but one central reserve.

From The Art of War by Mendell, George Henry

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