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the World Bank
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› an international organization that was formed in 1945 to help economic development, especially of poorer countriesNamed organizations and societies and their membersBanks and bank accounts
(Definition of the World Bank noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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