Definition of "IMF"

IMF

proper noun
1. (UN) Initialism of International Monetary Fund.
  Quotations
  Now I tried to make amends, small talk, but he was busy with a huge sheaf of papers, on which I spotted graphs I couldn’t follow, sets of statistics from the IMF.
  2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, pages 194–195
2. (fiction) Initialism of Impossible Mission Force, a fictional spy organization from the Mission: Impossible franchise.
  Quotations
  Since 1996 and over six installments, special IMF (The Impossible Missions Force) agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has been spectacularly ‘figuring things right in the face of danger, often without a plan.
  2018, Deborah Cornelious, “‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’ review: mission successful”, in The Hindu‎, archived from the original on 2022-12-07