Export-Import Bank

[ ek-spawrt-im-pawrt, ek-spohrt-im-pohrt ]

noun

1. a U.S. federal bank, established in 1934, that is authorized, in the interest of promoting foreign trade, to make loans to foreign governments and commercial enterprises, with the provision that such funds be used only to purchase U.S. goods.

Example Sentences

How the Export-Import Bank” became a target “for Tea Party wrath is a little strange to me.

From The Daily Beast

In 2012, he voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, one of the purest excresences of crony capitalism imaginable.

From The Daily Beast

Today, the Export-Import Bank is closed, and so is the Small Business Administration.

From The Daily Beast

Fred Hochberg, the nominee to head the Export-Import Bank, got 82 votes for both cloture and confirmation.

From The Daily Beast

He got exercised talking about the Export-Import Bank, which Congress voted to reauthorize this week after a long battle.

From The Daily Beast

We have expanded the Export-Import Bank and provided it with additional capital.

From Project Gutenberg