Widely-used nickname for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), a stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1938 and partially privatized in 1968
a US cook who wrote a cookery book used by many people in the US (1857-1915). born March 23, 1857, Boston, Mass., U.S. died Jan. 15, 1915, Boston U.S. cookery expert. She became director of the Boston Cooking School in 1894 and in 1896 published The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Standardizing the methods and measurements of recipes, it became one of the best-selling cookbooks of all time; its modern versions were titled The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. In 1902 she established Miss Farmer's School of Cookery, with courses designed to train housewives rather than teachers of cookery
U.S. Government-chartered corporation that purchases mortgages from lenders and reoffers them to investors as mortgage-backed securities (ensures that banks have a constant supply of mortgage funds)
a US financial institution which buys and sells loans and mortgages to banks and other institutions, but does not deal directly with ordinary borrowers
born March 23, 1857, Boston, Mass., U.S. died Jan. 15, 1915, Boston U.S. cookery expert. She became director of the Boston Cooking School in 1894 and in 1896 published The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Standardizing the methods and measurements of recipes, it became one of the best-selling cookbooks of all time; its modern versions were titled The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. In 1902 she established Miss Farmer's School of Cookery, with courses designed to train housewives rather than teachers of cookery