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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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SMART Thesaurus: Interest & capital
Synonyms and related words:
- base rate noun
- capital intensive adjective
- capital noun (MONEY)
- capitalization noun (MONEY)
- coffer noun
- collateral noun
- fund noun
- interest noun (MONEY)
- interest rate noun
- money noun
- nest egg noun
- Premium Bond noun
- principal noun (MONEY)
- purse noun (AMOUNT TO SPEND)
- return verb (EXCHANGE)
- saving noun
- sinking fund noun
- the smart money noun
- venture capital noun
- working capital noun
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