federal home loan bank system

English Thesaurus

1. the central credit system for thrift institutions (noun.group)

hypernym	:	financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization,
definition	:	an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets (noun.group)

member holonym	:	home loan bank,
definition	:	one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region (noun.group)