gold reserve
61gold certificate — noun : a paper certificate issued by a public treasury against deposited gold; specifically : a certificate first issued in 1934 by the United States Treasury to be held only by Federal Reserve banks and exchanged under treasury license for gold… …
62Gold Certificate — A physical document resembling a paper bank note that entitles the holder to a specified value of gold. Because gold bullion is difficult to transfer and store, gold certificates facilitated the ownership and use of gold when it was legal… …
63reserve — 01. I m sorry, this table is [reserved], but I can give you another one over here next to the window if you d like. 02. If you want to get a chalet on the mountain at New Year s, you ll need to [reserve] at least six months in advance. 03. In… …
64reserve ratio — noun Etymology: reserve (II) : the ratio of the cash reserves of a bank to liabilities; especially : the ratio of gold certificates to combined deposit liabilities and outstanding Federal Reserve notes of the Federal Reserve banks * * * reserve… …
65Gold Coast — 1. a former British territory in W Africa; now a part of Ghana. 2. a wealthy residential area along a shore, as in Florida between Miami and Palm Beach or in Chicago along the shore of Lake Michigan. * * * Section of the coast of the Gulf of… …
66gold bullion standard — noun : a gold standard under which the coinage and circulation of gold is usually prohibited but the shipment of gold in international transactions is permitted and a gold bullion reserve is maintained as a support for the currency * * * a gold… …
67Reserve Currency — A foreign currency held by central banks and other major financial institutions as a means to pay off international debt obligations, or to influence their domestic exchange rate. A large percentage of commodities, such as gold and oil, are… …
68reserve assets — 1) Money held by a bank that is not required or committed to outstanding loans, and is therefore available to cover shortfalls. In the USA banks must place reserve assets with the Federal Reserve System 2) Gold and foreign currency held by a… …
69gold mine — 1. a mine yielding gold. 2. a source of great wealth or profit, or any desirable thing. 3. a copious source or reserve of something required: a gold mine of information about antiques. [1425 75; late ME] * * * …
70Gold-Mohn — Kalifornischer Mohn Kalifornischer Mohn (Eschscholzia californica) Systematik Unterklasse: Hahnenfußähnliche (Ranunculidae) …
