Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Meaning and Definition of

Fed'eral Depos'it Insur'ance Corpora"tion

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a public corporation, established in 1933, that insures, up to a specified amount, all demand deposits of member banks. Abbr.: FDIC
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