lenders of last resort

A form of lender of last resort — The institution in a financial system that acts as the provider of liquidity to a financial institution that finds itself unable to obtain sufficient liquidity in the interbank lending market and has exhausted other possible sources.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of lender of last resort
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