financial institution
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- noun
- /faɪˈnænʃəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃən/
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institución financiera
- Many people trust their savings to a financial institution like a bank.
- international financial institutions
- banks and financial institutions
- other financial institutions
Typically, it's a failed speculation that brings down a financial institution.
- Typically, it's a failed speculation that brings down a financial institution.
- Chinese banks, many of which are state owned, have replaced Western banks in lending to Russian financial institutions.
- In doing so, Ant has challenged the dominance of China's state-run banks and other state connected financial institutions.
- And this gives you some insight into why financial institutions bought these dodgy investments, not understanding them.
- So it would be by far the biggest sort of financial institution.
- And if you, if we are successful in doing that, we will not create the kind of weakness in financial institutions.
- So in looking at financial institutions, they're often manipulative in that sense.
- And at the beginning of February, I said I do not like financial institutions in a recession.
Examples
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However, supervision of all banks and other financial institutions passed to the Financial Services Agency (FSA).
Academic text (2008) -
The governments of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg joined forces to take over a major financial institution.
Academic text (2008) -
DAVID: I worked for a financial institution in New York.
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A number of them go and work in the financial institutions.
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Our financial institutions are strong.
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On a global scale, close coordination among international financial institutions will be essential.
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Sovereign wealth funds are not only investors in large Western financial institutions, but also clients.
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The stock market, banking, and other financial institutions cannot be discussed in isolation.
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Major financial institutions have teetered on the edge of collapse... and some failed.
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Over the next year, seven major financial institutions failed, and the crisis only ended after a controversial bailout using taxpayer money.
Synonyms
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A business that holds, lends, and invests money, like a bank or investment firm
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organization connected with money and financial services' is directly and compositionally derived from 'financial' (connected with money) + 'institution' (a formal organization). This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common noun + modifier construction, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Financial institution comes from combining financial (about money) and institution (an established place or group). Think of a building with a large safe and staff at counters where people keep money and get loans, so it now means 'organizations' like banks and credit unions.