Term: federal reserve system: the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
Broader: central bank: a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | Unrelated: defense: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
Broader: central bank: a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | Unrelated: european smelt: common smelt of Europe
Broader: central bank: a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | Unrelated: cryptogrammataceae: one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Broader: central bank: a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | Unrelated: long-eared owl: slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts
Broader: central bank: a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | Unrelated: stridulation: a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
Broader: central bank: a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | Unrelated: matinee: a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon)
Broader: central bank: a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | Unrelated: athyrium: temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium
Broader: central bank: a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | Unrelated: insistence: continual and persistent demands
Broader: central bank: a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government | Unrelated: parotid gland: a large salivary gland that produces 50% of daytime saliva; in human beings it is located in front of and below each ear