money centre bank

noun [C] UK (US money center bank)

Definition

› BANKING in the US, a large bank or financial organization that lends money only to big businesses, governments, and other banks: The money centre bank reported its own huge first-quarter earnings.

(Definition of money centre bank noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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