It was granted a monopoly on joint stock banking by Parliament in return for giving war loans to the government.

作为向政府给予战争贷款的交换,英格兰银行被英国国会授予,成为股份制银行的垄断者。

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It's much different. Even me, as a somebody from England,

差别非常大。甚至是我，作为一个来自英格兰的人，

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