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Reserve: Your backup or bench players.

Identity Preserved (IP): This is the designation given to bulk commodities marketed in a manner that isolates and preserves the identity of a shipment, presumably because of unique characteristics that have value ot . . . View Full Definition

Reserve Requirement: The Federal Reserve requires its member banks to keep a certain percentage of their customer deposits in cash and other liquid assets in reserve at all times. The required percentage may be . . . View Full Definition

Grain Reserve: A phrase that might refer to the food security commodity reserve, food security wheat reserve, the farmer-owned grain reserve, or the strategic grain reserve.

Food Security Wheat Reserve (FSWR): Title III of the Agriculture Act of 1980 established a reserve of up to 4 million metric tons of wheat for use in meeting emergency food needs in developing countries. This reserve generally . . . View Full Definition

Strategic Grain Reserve: National grain stocks held in reserve intentionally by government programs for the purpose of meeting future domestic and international needs. See Food Security Commodity Reserve, Food Secur . . . View Full Definition

Reserve Fund: Monies a lender will often require a borrower to set aside as a cushion of capital for future payment of items such as taxes, insurance, furniture replacement and deferred maintenance. Somet . . . View Full Definition

Board Of Governors Of The Federal Reserve System: The managing body of the Federal Reserve System, set which policies on bank practices and the money supply.

Federal Reserve Bank: The body that is responsible for setting the interest rates and credit policies of the Federal Reserve System.

Federal Reserve Board (FRB): One of the 12 member banks constituting the Federal Reserve System that is responsible for overseeing the commercial and savings banks of its region to ensure their compliance with regulation.