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interest rate
noun [C]Definition
› the interest percent that a bank or other financial company charges you when you borrow money, or the interest percent it pays you when you keep money in an account: high/low interest rates The bank has plans to cut/raise interest rates.Borrowing, lending and debtEconomics and the state of the economySaving and savings accountsSavings, interest and capital
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Synonyms and related words:
- base rate noun
- capital intensive adjective
- capital noun (MONEY)
- capitalization noun (MONEY)
- coffer noun
- collateral noun
- compound adjective
- fund noun
- money noun
- nest egg noun
- Premium Bond noun
- principal noun (MONEY)
- purse noun (AMOUNT TO SPEND)
- return verb (EXCHANGE)
- saving noun
- simple interest noun
- sinking fund noun
- stock noun (MONEY)
- the smart money noun
- venture capital noun
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