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INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does International Finance Corporation mean?
• INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (noun)
The noun INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION has 1 sense:
1. a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors; affiliated with the World Bank
Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors; affiliated with the World Bank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
IFC; International Finance Corporation
Hypernyms ("International Finance Corporation" is a kind of...):
UN agency; United Nations agency (an agency of the United Nations)
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