city noun (FINANCIAL CENTRE) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus

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/ˈsɪt.i/

/ˈsɪt ̬-/ n [C]

Definition

the City UK

•

the business centre of London where the large financial organizations are, such as the Bank of England

He works in the City.

a City analyst

•

the financial organizations as a group and the people who work for them

The City acted swiftly to the news of a fall in the value of sterling.

(Definition of city noun (FINANCIAL CENTRE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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