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FANNIE MAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fannie Mae mean?
• FANNIE MAE (noun)
The noun FANNIE MAE has 1 sense:
1. a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages
Familiarity information: FANNIE MAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Fannie Mae; Federal National Mortgage Association; FNMA
Hypernyms ("Fannie Mae" is a kind of...):
corp; corporation (a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state)
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