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central reserve

British

noun

US and Austral name: median strip. Canadian name: median. the strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway

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Police, central reserve forces, the army and plainclothes officers were deployed on Khartoum's Airport Road to block the protests.

From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2022

Reserve city and central reserve city banks can use all vault cash over 1% of net demand deposits, v. the current 2%, in meeting reserve requirements.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most of the other eight central reserve banks will soon follow; the cuts are expected to lead to lower interest rates to boost loans and business expansion.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Manhattan and Chicago, the two "central reserve" cities, the reserve requirement for demand deposits is 13%.

From Time Magazine Archive

French divisions were installed at various points in the area Pavia-Milan-Pizzighetone, facing outwards in all dangerous directions, with a central reserve at Milan.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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