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INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does International Bank for Reconstruction and Development mean?
• INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (noun)
The noun INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT has 1 sense:
1. a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments
Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
IBRD; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; World Bank
Hypernyms ("International Bank for Reconstruction and Development" is a kind of...):
UN agency; United Nations agency (an agency of the United Nations)
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