fed

plural feds

1. derogatoryslangA federal government officer or official.

   That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!

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   A person is saying that the protester shot in the head by the feds with non lethals is in the hospital, doctors saying they don’t think they will make it. Holy fuck, I’m speechless.

   2020 July 12, PNW Youth Liberation Front, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2020

   Hi. I should have made this clearer earlier. I will now. I have worked with feds. I have worked with foreign special forces who may well have been trained by the guys shooting at you from the courthouse. These are not cops. They are not even similar.

   2020 July 12, Robert Evans, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2020

2. Multicultural London EnglishslangA police officer.

   Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.

   2022 March 15, “Kill the Bill protester who led ‘f*** the feds’ chant jailed over police car torching”, in Metro

   Synonyms: 5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat, blue heeler

3. in pluralThe federal government of the nation one resides in.

   Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.

plural feds

1. slanghobbiesA federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
2. abbreviationclippingClipping of federation.

present singular third person feds · participle present fedding · participle past fedded · past fedded

1. abbreviationclippingClipping of federate.

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of feed

1. USnonstandardbankingFederal Reserve System. Alternative spelling of Fed.

   Consolidates the Federal Reserve Banks (FED) and monetary authority functions undertaken by the central government.

   2006, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2006, International Monetary Fund, →ISBN, page 191

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   So, the FED Chairman chose to reassure all concerns, promising "a lasting expansion in economic activity while continuing progress against inflation.

   1982-3, National Farmers' Union Washington newsletter, v. 29-31, http://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=ajk9AAAAYAAJ&q=%22so%2C+the+FED+Chairman%22#search_anchor

   The extent of independence of the Federal Reserve Board (FED) from the executive branch has been a topic of ongoing study by economists and political scientists.

   1985, Caryl Ersenkal, Myles S. Wallace, and John T. Warner, "Chairman reappointments, presidential elections and policy actions of the federal reserve," Policy Sciences, Springer Netherlands, ISSN 0032-2687, vol. 18, no. 3, November, 1985, pages 211-225, pg. 211

   Positive news was consolidated for economic performance, while the bond market diverged from the opinions expressed by the FED.

   2003, Review of the economic situation of Mexico, Citigroup/Banco Nacional de México (Banamex), August 2003, vol. LXXIX, no. 932, pg. 3

plural FEDs · alternative F.E.D. · alternative F. E. D.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of flight-time equivalent dose.
2. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of field emission display.

1. USabbreviationclippingeconomicsClipping of Federal Reserve (The Federal Reserve Board or System)

   Still, it may be too soon to conclude that the Fed has royally screwed up.

   2025 August 2, Bryan Mena, “Did the Fed just royally screw up?”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025

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   So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.

   2019 August 1, Mark Zandi, “Blame Trump for the Fed’s broken monetary policy compass”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2019

2. abbreviationclippinggovernmentClipping of World Wrestling Federation; also used for the company under its current name of World Wrestling Entertainment.

   Fully cognizant of the staged nature of the wrestling, [Smart fans] follow the WWE not just to see the shows, but to keep track of what "the Fed" is doing.

   2007, Lawrence B. McBride, S. Elizabeth Beth, “From Smart Fan to Backyard Wrestler: Performance, Context, and Aesthetic Violence”, in Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss, and C. Lee Harrington, editors, Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World, New York University Press, page 170

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   A 1994 agreement between the two WWFs allowed the Fed limited rights to the WWF tag, but they had long since stopped complying with the agreement, arguing it hindered the Fed's ability to conduct business.

   2001 August 16, Michael Tearson, “In battle of WWFs, animal lovers win Round 1”, in Philadelphia Daily News, page 39