FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages

Synonyms:

Federal Housing Administration; FHA

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Federal Housing Administration" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("Federal Housing Administration" is a part of...):

Department of Housing and Urban Development; Housing and Urban Development; HUD (the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965)

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