Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun central_bank

1 sense of central bank

Sense 1
central bank -- (a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government)
       => financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation -- (an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets)