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lenders of last resort

lenders of last resort is the plural of lender of last resort.

Meaning of lender of last resort

Noun

lender of last resort (plural lenders of last resort)

  1. The institution in a financial system that acts as the provider of liquidity to a financial institution that finds itself unable to obtain sufficient liquidity in the interbank lending market and has exhausted other possible sources.
    Synonyms:
    LOLR

Questions about lenders of last resort

What is lenders of last resort the plural of?
Lenders of last resort is the plural of lender of last resort.

Words near lenders of last resort in the dictionary

  1. lender
  2. lender of last resort
  3. Lenderman
  4. Lendermans
  5. lenders
  6. lenders of last resort
  7. lendeth
  8. Lendian
  9. lending
  10. lending a hand
  11. lending an ear

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