central bank

See also: centralbank

English

Noun

central bank (plural central banks)

(banking) The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union; it normally regulates the supply of money, issues currency and controls interest rates. It usually oversees banking activity within its country's borders.

Translations

the principal monetary authority of a polity

Afrikaans: sentrale bank
Albanian: banka qendrore
Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ባንክ (maʿkälawi bank)
Arabic: بَنْك مَرْكَزِيّ‎ (ar) m (bank markaziyy)
Armenian: կենտրոնական բանկ (hy) (kentronakan bank)
Azerbaijani: mərkəzi bank
Basque: banku zentral
Belarusian: цэнтра́льны банк m (centrálʹny bank)
Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় ব্যাংক (kendrīy bẏaṅkô)
Bulgarian: централна банка f (centralna banka)
Catalan: banc central m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中央銀行／中央银行 (zh) (zhōngyāng yínháng)
Czech: centrální banka f
Danish: centralbank c
Dutch: centrale bank (nl) f
Esperanto: centra banko
Estonian: keskpank
Faroese: miðbanki m
Finnish: keskuspankki (fi)
French: banque centrale (fr) f
Galician: banco central (gl) m
Georgian: ცენტრალური ბანკი (cenṭraluri banḳi)
German: Zentralbank (de) f, Notenbank (de) f
Greek: κεντρική τράπεζα f (kentrikí trápeza)
Hebrew: בנק מרכזי‎ m (bank merkazí)
Hindi: केंद्रीय बैंक m (kendrīya baiṅk)
Hungarian: jegybank (hu), központi bank
Icelandic: seðlabanki m
Ido: centrala banko
Indonesian: bank sentral (id)
Irish: banc ceannais m
Italian: banca centrale (it) f
Japanese: 中央銀行 (ja) (chūō ginkō)
Kazakh: орталық банк (ortalyq bank)
Khmer: ធនាគារកណ្ដាល (thônéakéarkândal)
Korean: 중앙은행 (ko) (jung'ang'eunhaeng)
Lao: ທະນາຄານກາງ (tha nā khān kāng)
Latvian: centrālā banka f
Lithuanian: centrinis bankas (lt) m
Macedonian: централна банка f (centralna banka)
Malay: bank pusat, bank rizab
Nepali: केन्द्रीय बैंक (kendrīya baiṅka)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sentralbank m
Nynorsk: sentralbank m
Persian: بانک مرکزی‎ (bânk-e markazi)
Polish: bank centralny m, bank emisyjny m
Portuguese: banco central (pt) m
Romanian: bancă centrală f
Russian: центра́льный банк (ru) m (centrálʹnyj bank)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: централна банка f (Bosnia, Serbia), средишња банка f (Croatia)
Roman: centralna banka f (Bosnia, Serbia), središnja banka f (Croatia)
Slovak: centrálna banka f
Slovene: centralna banka f
Southern Altai: тӧс банк (tös bank)
Spanish: banco central m
Swahili: benki kuu (sw)
Swedish: riksbank (sv) c, centralbank (sv) c
Tagalog: bangko sentral, punong bangko, punumbangko, lunduyang bangko
Tamil: நடுவண் வங்கி (naṭuvaṇ vaṅki)
Thai: ธนาคารกลาง (tá-naa-kaan-glaang)
Turkish: merkez bankası (tr)
Ukrainian: центра́льний банк m (centrálʹnyj bank)
Urdu: مرکزی بینک‎ m (markazi baink)
Vietnamese: ngân hàng trung ương
Yiddish: צענטראַלבאַנק‎ f (tsentralbank)