GAB

GAB
GAB GAB FINANCE
written abbreviation for General Arrangements to Borrow

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   General Arrangements to Borrow. An agreement between the G10 nations to provide special credits to the IMF. The GAB needs the collective agreement of its members to be activated. Credits are separate from the IMF's normal resources
   ► See also G10, IMF, NAB.

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GAB UK US noun [plural] FINANCE, ECONOMICS, POLITICS
► ABBREVIATION for General Arrangements to Borrow: an agreement between the member countries of the G10 to make money available to the IMF which is then lent to IMF members to support economic growth

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • Gab — Gab, v. i. [OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr. Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber. See 2d {Gab}, and cf. {Gabble}.] 1. To deceive; to lie. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To talk idly; to prate; to chatter. Holinshed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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