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    [Adjective]  | "fed*er*al" | \ ˈfe-d(ə-)rəl \


    1: of or constituting a form of government in which power is distributed between a central authority and a number of constituent territorial units

    2: of or relating to the central government of a federation as distinguished from the governments of the constituent units

    3: formed by a compact between political units that surrender their individual sovereignty to a central authority but retain limited residuary powers of government


    Origin: 1624 ;

     Latin foeder-, foedus compact, league; akin to Latin fidere to trust {mat|bide|};

    [Noun]  | "Federal" 


    1: a supporter of the U.S. government in the Civil War; especially : a soldier in the federal armies

    2: fed —usually used in plural


    Origin: 1861 ;

    [Noun]  | "federal case" 


    1: big deal


    Origin: 1950 ;

    [Noun]  | "federal court" 


    1: a court established by a federal government; especially : one established under the constitution and laws of the U.S.


    Origin: 1789 ;

    [Noun]  | "federal district" 


    1: a district set apart as the seat of the central government of a federation


    Origin: circa 1934 ;

    [Noun]  | "federal district court" 


    1: a district trial court of law and equity that hears cases under federal jurisdiction


    Origin: 1948 ;

    [Noun]  | "Federal Reserve bank" 


    1: one of 12 reserve banks set up under the Federal Reserve Act to hold reserves and discount commercial paper for affiliated banks in their respective districts


    Origin: 1913 ;

    [Noun]  | "Federal Reserve Board" 


    1: a 7-member board of governors overseeing the Federal Reserve System


    Origin: 1920 ;

    [Noun]  | "Federal Reserve System" 


    1: the central banking system of the U.S. consisting of 12 districts with a Federal Reserve bank in the principal commercial city of each district


    Origin: 1915 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "federal funds" 


    1: reserve funds lent overnight by one Federal Reserve bank to another


    Origin: 1924 ;

    [Adjective]  | "federal" 


    1: of or relating to a federation or to its central government;


      * e.g., " ... A federal system of government distributes power between a country's central and regional governments. "





     [ "federal" ]

    1: (adj.) very, very cool.

      * e.g.,  ... 'Did you like the new Beastie Boys album?' 

     [ "Federed" ]

    1: When a player in professional tennis is thrashed solid by Roger Federer.

      * e.g.,  ... Tennis hopeful 'I lost, I just got federed' 

     [ "Federer" ]

    1: To completed dominate someone in any sport or event, particularily tennis. Originates from Roger Federer ,the current top player in the world and perhaps of all time. To truly "federize" someone you must not only dominate them, but also dominate them with class and style.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, you totally federered that guy with your backhand! 

     [ "Federal" ]

    1: Someone who snitches on another person or group of people.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo, you fuck with Johnny? 

     [ "Federize" ]

    1: To completely dominate another player in any sport or game, particularly in tennis. Originates from Roger Federer, the master of Federization

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Jeff: Man, I just federized this n00b in Call of Duty 2) Bob: Andy Murray just got federized 

     [ "federer" ]

    1:  Short for Roger Federer, the current top-ranked tennis player worldwide

      * e.g.,  ...  Roger Federer dominates tennis. 


     [ "federer" ]

    2:  Can also be used to describe how badly somebody got beaten at tennis

      * e.g.,  ...  *random tennis player* got federered by Roger Federer 

     [ "federalism" ]

    1: a system of government; a power sharing arrangement between sub-state actors pooling soverignty; powers and responsibilities of state and sub-state actors measure the centralisation of the federalist state

      * e.g.,  ... U.S. first federalist state followed by Switzerland. Others include Germany, Austria, Australia, and Canada. 

     [ "federer" ]

    1: Roger Federer, tennis player (SUI)

      * e.g.,  ... Federer smashed his way to victory in the 2005 US open, defeating Andre Agassi in four sets. 


     [ "federer" ]

    2: Current world no.1, and one hell of a tennis player. He has since taken the game to a whole new level, moping the floor with other top-10 players such as Agassi, Hewitt and Roddick to name a few. Coached by Tony Roach.

     [ "federalli" ]

    1: The feds, the police, or to commit a serious crime.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, you don't want to move that kind of weight. Trust me, you do NOT want the Federallis after you! 

     [ "federation" ]

    1: Federation is a Yay area hip hop/rap group. Theyre that one that popularized hyphy, even tho keak da sneak used it first, it wasnt big until federation an e40 made it like that. They got some good shit out there so go check up on it an see if u like it.

      * e.g.,  ... Up here in tha Yay we be kickin it an gettin hyphy ta some Federation shit. yeah... 

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