| 单词 | international monetary fund |
| 释义 | > as lemmasInternational Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund n. (with the) an intergovernmental organization formally established in 1945 to promote international trade, economic growth, and monetary stability; abbreviated IMF.An agency of the United Nations with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the IMF holds a monetary reserve to which member nations contribute, and on which they can draw during periods of deficit in their international balance of payments, often on condition that the recipient country agrees to undertake specified reforms of its economic policy. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for or subscribed by several parties the common pursea1400 common1540 purse1602 stock-pursea1665 subscription1730 slush fund1839 kitty1887 tarpaulin muster1889 tronc1928 International Monetary Fund1944 1944 H. Morgenthau in U.N. Monetary & Financial Conf. p. iii The International Monetary Fund agreed upon at Bretton Woods will help remedy this situation [sc. economic tactics which contribute to world-wide depression and war]. 1945 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. (Late City ed.) 1/4 The International Monetary Fund..came into being today when representatives of twenty-eight nations signed documents confirming that their Governments had ratified the Bretton Woods agreement. 1955 Times 4 July 13/4 The International Monetary Fund has agreed to a change in the par value of the Nicaraguan cordoba from five to seven a United States dollar. 1957 Economist 21 Dec. 1075/2 The British Government this week decided to extend for 12 months its $738,530,000 standby credit with the International Monetary Fund. 2005 A. Beattie Cairo v. 204 In 1977 the International Monetary Fund demanded that Egypt reduce the subsidies that made food in the country artificially cheap. < as lemmas |
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