compound
adjective /ˈkɒm.paʊnd/
/ˈkɑːm-/ Definition
› consisting of two or more partsComplexityDifficult to understand › used to refer to a system of paying interest in which interest is paid both on the original amount of money invested (= given to companies hoping to get more back) or borrowed and on the interest that has collected over a period of time: compound interest The investment fund has achieved annual compound returns of 18.2 percent.Savings, interest and capital
(Definition of compound adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- -faceted suffix
- a paper chase idiom
- advanced adjective
- all-singing adjective
- be more to sth than meets the eye idiom
- bleeding-edge adjective
- compound noun (COMBINATION)
- convoluted adjective
- elaborate adjective
- equation noun (COMPLEX SITUATION)
- fancy adjective (DECORATIVE)
- finicky adjective
- Heath Robinson adjective
- high-tech adjective
- indirect adjective (NOT OBVIOUS)
- multifaceted adjective
- multifarious adjective
- ornate adjective
- serpentine adjective
- sophisticated adjective
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