DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965

Synonyms:

Department of Housing and Urban Development; Housing and Urban Development; HUD

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Department of Housing and Urban Development" is a kind of...):

executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Department of Housing and Urban Development"):

Federal Housing Administration; FHA (the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages)

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