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WORLD BANK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments
Synonyms:
IBRD; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; World Bank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("World Bank" is a kind of...):
UN agency; United Nations agency (an agency of the United Nations)