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Fed

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Fed  (fd)
n. Informal
1.
a. The Federal Reserve System.
b. The Federal Reserve Board.
2. often fed A federal agent or official.

fed  (fd)
v.
Past tense and past participle of feed.

Fed [fɛd]
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance)
the US informal the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Reserve Board

fed1
vb
1. the past tense and past participle of feed
fed to death or fed (up) to the (back) teeth Informal bored or annoyed

fed2
n
(Law) US slang an agent of the FBI
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.FedFed - any federal law-enforcement officer
federal agent, agent - any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
2.FedFed - 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; "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply"
central bank - a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government
Federal Reserve Bank, reserve bank - one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region
national bank - a commercial bank chartered by the federal government
member bank - a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System
Translations
Fed [fed]
A. N ABBR
1. (US) =federal officerfederal mf
2. (US) (Banking) =Federal Reserve Board
B. ABBR (esp US) =federal, federated, federation

fed2
n (US inf) → FBI-Agent(in) m(f)

fed feed


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I do not know what reason government can assign for these useless visits; when you see one prisoner, you see all, -- always the same thing, -- ill fed and innocent.
Their psychology is bovine, their outlook crude and rare; They abandon vital matters to be tickled with a straw; But the straw that they were tickled with--the chaff that they were fed with-- They convert into a weaver's beam to break their foeman's head with.
A Farmer one day came to the stables to see to his beasts of burden: among them was his favourite Ass, that was always well fed and often carried his master.
 
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