TBTF

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A form of too big to fail — Deemed too important to the economy or polity to be allowed to “fail”, that is to be liquidated or to go bankrupt.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of too big to fail.

    The TBTF problem has been central to the degeneration and corruption of the financial system over the past two decades. For one thing, TBTF enhances the ability of financial institutions to impose brain drain on the productive sectors[…]

    2016, Imad A. Moosa, Good Regulation, Bad Regulation: The Anatomy of Financial Regulation, Springer, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
too big to fail
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APA

TBTF. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TBTF

MLA

“TBTF.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TBTF. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “TBTF,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TBTF.

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