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Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae proper noun: the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), a stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1938 and partially privatized in 1968.

Proper noun

Fannie Mae

  1. (informal) The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), a stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1938 and partially privatized in 1968.
    • The quarterly analysis looks at delinquency rates for five of the largest investor groups: FDIC-insured banks and thrifts, commercial mortgage-backed securities, life insurance companies, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.2023 June 2, Anna Bahney, “Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies rose in the first part of 2023”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    FNMA

Synonyms of Fannie Mae

Origin of Fannie Mae

From its initialism, FNMA.

Questions about Fannie Mae

What does Fannie Mae mean?
Fannie Mae means the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), a stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1938 and partially privatized in 1968.
What part of speech is Fannie Mae?
Fannie Mae is a proper noun.

Words near Fannie Mae in the dictionary

  1. fannes
  2. Fannett
  3. Fannibal
  4. Fannibals
  5. Fannie
  6. Fannie Mae
  7. fannied about
  8. fannied around
  9. fannies
  10. fannies about
  11. fannies around

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