- FDIC
- nouna federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions• Hypernyms: ↑corporation, ↑corp
* * *
* * *
FDIC (no periods),Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (an agency of the U.S. government with the authority to insure depositors of member banks up to $100,000).* * *
abbr. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a body that underwrites most private bank deposits* * *
abbrFederal Deposit Insurance Corporationpayments made by the FDIC
◇ The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a part of the U.S. federal government that provides insurance against loss of money that people have deposited in banks.* * *
FDIC [FDIC]an independent US government organization that provides insurance for bank accounts. It was created in 1933, and all ↑Federal Reserve Banks are covered by its insurance. If a bank fails, the FDIC can give each customer some money as compensation. Since 1989 it has also controlled the Savings Association Insurance Fund after ↑savings and loan associations failed in the 1980s.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.