Bretton Woods

Bretton Woods
Bretton Woods [bret′'n]
after Bretton Hall, Eng countryseat of one of the founders
resort in the White Mountains, N.H.: site of a United Nations monetary conference (1944) at which the International Monetary Fund was established

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a holiday town in the White Mountains in the US state of New Hampshire. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were created there in 1944 during an international financial meeting.

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