gold reserve
noun [C, usually plural] BANKING, FINANCEDefinition
› the amount of gold held by a central bank: Officials will look again at the question of selling some IMF gold reserves to raise funds to help poor countries.
(Definition of gold reserve noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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