Freddie Mac
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Freddie Mac
a mortgage funder
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Fred·die Mac
(frĕd′ē)n.
One of two federally chartered corporations that buy and pool US mortgages and issue securities based on those pools.
[Alteration of Fed(eral Home Loan) M(ortgage) C(ompany).]
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Fred•die Mac
(ˈfrɛd i ˈmæk)n.
1. a congressionally chartered corporation that ensures a continuous supply of mortgage funds by purchasing home mortgages from lending institutions.
2. a publicly traded security that represents participation in a pool of mortgages guaranteed by Freddie Mac.
[1970–75; from the initials FHLMC Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, on the model of Fannie Mae]
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Noun | 1. | Freddie Mac - a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages corp, corporation - a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state |
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