"fractional reserve banking" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fractional reserve banking (uncountable)
  1. (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). Tags: uncountable Translations (mode of banking): 部分準備金銀行制度 /部分准备金银行制度 (bùfen zhǔnbèijīn yínháng zhìdù) (Chinese Mandarin), vähimmäisvarantojärjestelmä (Finnish), Mindestreserve-System [neuter] (German), bankowość rezerwy cząstkowej [feminine] (Polish), system rezerwy cząstkowej [masculine] (Polish), reserva fracionária [feminine] (Portuguese)
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