## IMF Terminology

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [IMF Terminology](https://www.imf.org/en/about/terminology)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/about/terminology/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/about/terminology/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/about/terminology/bundle-manifest.json)

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### Description of the IMF Multilingual Terminology Database (IMF TermBase)
- The IMF Multilingual Terminology Database (IMF TermBase) is a collection of terms, phrases, acronyms, and institutional titles covering a broad variety of areas of IMF work.
- It provides English terms with their equivalents in a number of languages.
- The database contains over 17,000 entries and acronyms encountered in IMF documents in areas such as money and banking, public finance, balance of payments, and economic growth.
- It lists equivalent translations in Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
- The database is constantly being updated and expanded by IMF Language Services to stay abreast of the latest developments in the living economic language of the international community.

### Access and Use
- Users can access the IMF TermBase and are advised to follow provided instructions to facilitate searches.
- The database is available in read-only mode to public users.

### Feedback and Corrections
- Send your Comments or Questions to: terminology@imf.org
- If errors are noticed in the database, users are encouraged to bring them to IMF Language Services' attention; IMF Language Services will make best efforts to correct them promptly.

### Legal and Liability Notice
- The Terminology database was initially developed for IMF Language Services to serve as a reference tool.
- Public users can now consult the read-only database via IMF channels.
- The Fund is not responsible nor liable whatsoever with regard to the data in the IMF TermBase.

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## Content in this bundle

- **Instructions to Use IMF TermBase**
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## References

- [Access the IMF TermBase](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Terminology/imf-termbase)
- [Access the IMF TERMBASE](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Terminology/IMF-Termbase)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/about/terminology_