English Explanatory Dictionary

lender of last resort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

lender of last resort lenders of last resort

Synonyms

LOLR
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