"fractional reserve banking" meaning in English

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        "A widespread banking system in which a bank that accepts deposits from the public puts the majority of those deposits into investments (generating a profit for the bank) as opposed to keeping them all in reserve (i.e., directly on hand); the system assumes that it is unlikely that every customer would need to withdraw their money at the same time (i.e., a bank run)."
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          "deposits",
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          "investments",
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          "profit",
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          "reserve",
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        "(finance, chiefly banking) A widespread banking system in which a bank that accepts deposits from the public puts the majority of those deposits into investments (generating a profit for the bank) as opposed to keeping them all in reserve (i.e., directly on hand); the system assumes that it is unlikely that every customer would need to withdraw their money at the same time (i.e., a bank run)."
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          "sense": "mode of banking",
          "word": "部分準備金銀行制度"
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          "roman": "bùfen zhǔnbèijīn yínháng zhìdù",
          "sense": "mode of banking",
          "word": "部分准备金银行制度"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mode of banking",
          "word": "vähimmäisvarantojärjestelmä"
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          "sense": "mode of banking",
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          "word": "Mindestreserve-System"
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          "sense": "mode of banking",
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          "word": "bankowość rezerwy cząstkowej"
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          "word": "system rezerwy cząstkowej"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mode of banking",
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          "word": "reserva fracionária"
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      "sense": "mode of banking",
      "word": "部分準備金銀行制度"
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