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Fed
//fɛd// name, noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Federal Reserve System. Alternative spelling of Fed. US, nonstandard
"So, the FED Chairman chose to reassure all concerns, promising "a lasting expansion in economic activity while continuing progress against inflation."
- 2 Clipping of Federal Reserve (The Federal Reserve Board or System) US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
"So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass."
Noun
- 1 A federal government officer or official. derogatory, slang
"That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!"
- 2 A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete. slang
- 3 Initialism of flight-time equivalent dose. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 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 wordnet
- 5 A police officer. Multicultural-London-English, slang
"Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station."
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- 6 Clipping of federation. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 7 Initialism of field emission display. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 8 any federal law-enforcement officer wordnet
- 9 The Canadian federal government. Canada, in-plural
"Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in."
Verb
- 1 Clipping of federate. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 2 simple past and past participle of feed form-of, participle, past
Etymology
Etymology 1
Clipping of federal.
Etymology 2
From federation.
Etymology 3
From federation.
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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