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COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Comptroller of the Currency" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("Comptroller of the Currency" is a part of...):
Department of the Treasury; Treasury; Treasury Department; United States Treasury (the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A United States federal official who regulates the national banks
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Comptroller of the Currency" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
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